By Barbara Scott
Staff Writer
Most all of us look forward to Fridays — but some local residents found themselves being taken from their homes, their work stations, even from their lunch, amidst a commotion of long blue coats, badges, batons and whistles on Feb. 19. No — we weren’t invaded and no these honest, hard-working, upstanding citizens weren’t arrested for horrendous crimes — they were the victims of warrants, purchased by family and friends who support the Caribou Kiwanis Keystone Kops.
The annual Keystone Kops fund-raiser results in any number of ‘arrests’ being made throughout the day and with the person who has a warrant out on them, brought to the American Legion Post Home on Sweden St. where they left to plead their case before a questionable Keystone judge.
The victims of these arrests find out all too soon that even if they plead guilty, they still find themselves doing time behind bars — even after donating to the judge’s fishing fund.
The ‘jail’ was certainly a busy place on Feb. 19, as by noon time, at least 65 ‘convicts’ had occupied the cell. At the end of the day, the Keystone Kops had brought in 100 “criminals,” found guilty of everything from being too nice of a person to being a Yankee fan in Red Sox Nation.
Kiwanians Carol McElwee and Henrietta Lagasse confirmed that the number of arrests this year surpassed those of recent times and the club members were very pleased with the support of this annual fund-raiser shown by community members.
All proceeds from this event go towards local youth programs sponsored by the Caribou Kiwanis Club.
