Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_fe_st/odd_deputy_resigns_joyride;_ylt=ArZjpnt6XRecqS9_q42NEQftiBIF)

LAKELAND, Fla. – A Polk County deputy has turned in his badge after his wife and mother-in-law took his patrol car out for a joyride. Officials said the 44-year-old deputy resigned Monday after serving 21 years with the sheriff's office.

The arrest report said his wife and mother-in-law face charges of vehicle theft, theft of a firearm and impersonating a law-enforcement officer. His wife also faces charges of possession of a firearm of a convicted felon.

A third person riding in the back seat also was arrested.

Witnesses reporting seeing the patrol car driving erratically in Lakeland on Sunday morning. The deputy apparently didn't know the car was taken.

Only in Florida!! Someone should compile all these wacky Florida crime stories into a book, ala Headlines. :rofl:

Only in Florida!! Someone should compile all these wacky Florida crime stories into a book, ala Headlines. :rofl:

The book would be as long as War & Peace!!:lol:

The story itself is kinda funny but I think it's a shame that the Officer felt he had to resign.

The book would be as long as War & Peace!!:lol:
Or Gone With the Wind. :eek: :lol:

The story itself is kinda funny but I think it's a shame that the Officer felt he had to resign.
:yeahthat

It's a shame this police officer had to pay the price for the stupid actions of his wife and mother-in-law!

What, Charles, no quote/photo combo?? :D

The story itself is kinda funny but I think it's a shame that the Officer felt he had to resign.

Yeah I agree. Why should he have to pay for his family's actions?

What, Charles, no quote/photo combo?? :D
Make it involve Laverne and Shirley :lol:

I wouldn't mind opening up one of those cop/sheriff cars on a lonely stretch of I-55 - watch it redline!