The Bible says thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, but where does it stand on beach towels?
Panama City police responded to a Fairy Avenue home this week after a woman said she came home from a day at the beach and placed her beach towel on the fence.
“She saw her neighbor take the beach towel,” the officer wrote, adding that when the complainant contacted the neighbor, the neighbor claimed the towel as hers.
“I made contact with the neighbor,” the officer wrote. “She informed me the towel was her towel. I asked where she purchased the towel and she was unable to provide any information, she just said the towel was her towel.”
The officer explained that if the towel wasn’t returned, charges would be pending, and the woman “went to her bedroom and got the black and tan beach towel,” and it was returned to its owner.
A missing towel would be a good day for another Panama City woman, who called police with an unusual complaint the same day.
“She explained that her neighbor has been urinating in gallon jugs and leaving them in his yard,” the officer wrote. “While speaking with (the neighbor) I observed multiple jugs with what appeared to be urine in them.”
The home apparently does not have running water and since the man would not answer the door, the case was turned over to the Department of Children and Families.