day 57 - much a do about nothing

Shortly after I posted last night, I looked out the window to see the police cars driving away. No lights flashing, no "perp walk" to witness. They just quietly drove off, into the night. I was happy to see that and figured that no one was injured. It was very weird all the same and it made the local paper today (I've posted it below).

Today I wasn't feeling that great. My hunny wasn't either. We both have something weird going on. Yesterday, we went out for a few groceries and stopped for a quick bite to eat. I've been trying to figure out if we picked up something in the restaurant or from someone in a store. It feels like a stomach ache but it's muscular. It's sort of below my stomach but feels like the way your muscles do when you have a hard ab workout. We're both feeling the same kind of pain. When we stand up or sit down it's very sore. Once you get seated, it's not too bad. I'm not sure what it is but ibuprofen seems to help. I don't want to take too much of that though. Yesterday, I thought I was just having a very very bad period but today, seeing that my hunny is experiencing a similar type of pain, I know now that it wasn't that. I don't think it's food poisoning because neither of us are nauseous or anything. Whatever it is, hopefully it'll clear up by tomorrow. It's really been a drag so far this holiday, feeling so crappy. At least I was able to drag my ass around this morning and get most of the laundry done and a banana bread baked for the LOG.

Anyway, I'm off to bed. Here's the article about the situation up the street last night:

Police use Taser on man who claimed he left bomb at hotel
By Ian Elliot
Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Local News - A man with a history of mental illness led Kingston Police around the city last night before he was taken down and arrested outside police headquarters three hours after he first alarmed authorities with a call saying he was armed and suicidal.

The drama started when a 34-year-old man called police on his cellphone and claimed he was armed with a handgun and intended to kill himself and anyone who tried to stop him around 5:30 p.m.

He hinted he was at an address on Kingscourt Avenue. Uniformed units and the force?s emergency response unit surrounded a residence there.

After cordoning off the area, they found the man wasn't there.

Calls continued throughout the evening and the man made various claims that he possessed explosives and had left bombs at various locations.

Staff-Sgt. Mike Attwood, who said he has had extensive dealings with the man over the years, convinced him to come downtown where police quickly staked out an area around police headquarters and were ready to arrest him.

"He agreed to come down to the police station and see me and we'd have a coffee and talk," said Attwood.

"In his last phone call, he claimed to be at the Holiday Inn and so we had officers all around the area."

The officers saw a man matching the suspect's description enter the Tim Hortons on Ontario Street and walk out with a coffee.

Instead of going to police headquarters, he started to walk back in the direction of the hotel and police moved in, subduing him with a Taser.

He was carrying a white plastic bag containing an extra pair of boots but possessed no explosives or other weapons.

After he was arrested, the man claimed that he had left a bomb in the pool area of the Holiday Inn. That area was cleared while uniformed officers swept the area and cut open a locker but no explosives were found.

The individual was questioned by police but was intoxicated and difficult to make sense of.

"He was very intoxicated and we've dealt with him before," Attwood said of the man.

"He?s mentally unstable with violent tendencies. Our dealings with him have been fairly consistent over the years."

No one was hurt during the arrest. He was not charged last night, but was taken to hospital for a psychiatric assessment after being taken into custody.