Mayor: Summer Dance was a success!

The Midtoon Herald, June 25, 2009

The Mayor of Midtoon City declared in a press release that once again, the city of Midtoon has "risen to the occasion" and has celebrated another Summer Dance "in an orderly and peaceful manner."

The Midtoon Police Department has not yet released official numbers as to the incidence of student-led crime during the night of the dance, but Yacob Strokismoy, a statistician with the Department of Trivia and Other Useless Facts estimated that 0.9% of the city must have been covered with "the remnants and evidences of crime-related activity".

There were two locations where Police Officers were seen en force. The first one was Lover's Lane, where the officers knocked on car windows to assess the legal age and the level of intoxication of the drivers and passengers. There were three arrests made, although the minors were quickly returned to their parents when it turned out that one of the teens involved was actually the Mayor's daughter.

The other location were the police was spotted was the local Sunbucks Coffee Shop, where witnesses reported a dramatic shortage of donuts and coffee.

"We were prepared for Summer Night," said the franchise owner and operator of the local Sunbucks. "We were stocked high on donuts and coffee, but the level of activity of the police this year exceeded all expectations."

Officer Tina Mollison, who recently returned from a week long suspension due to alleged police brutality, was in charge of the 'coffee raids' as the multiple police visits to the store became known. There were two arrests associated with these raids. Two Sunbucks employees were arrested for denying service to the police. The charges were dismissed later when the judge determined on a hearing that "the employees did not deny service, they just claimed, correctly that the donuts and coffee were over."

This reporter is still looking for some coffee

THE MIDTOON HERALD, COPYRIGHT 2009