Posted on 04/08/2020 1:36:27 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
Officers recovered nearly 200 rolls of toilet paper from a vehicle that had been reported stolen, the Beverly Hills Police Department said Tuesday.
A photo posted to the agency’s social media accounts showed that police pulled over the white SUV near the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Rexford Drive, right in front of the police station.
When officers searched the vehicle, they found 192 rolls of toilet paper inside, according to police.
“Gives ‘They saw me rollin’…’ a whole new meaning,” the department wrote on Twitter.
Toilet paper has been a hot commodity amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the item flying off store shelves in the past month. The high demand has prompted many retailers to temporarily place purchase limits.
It was not immediately clear if the toilet paper had also been stolen or if it was already inside the SUV when the vehicle was taken.
The driver was arrested and faces multiple charges “unrelated to the toilet paper,” a police official told the Los Angeles Times.
As for the in-demand necessity, social media commenters were eager to know what would become of all those rolls that police seized as evidence.
“Are you going to auction off the toilet paper?” one Facebook user pondered. “Asking for a friend.”
Many years ago, I drove through Beverly Hills on Olympic Blvd...I saw a bunch of BHPD officers surrounding a homeless guy...I thought maybe the whole BHPD was out to deal with that guy...
A novel about Beverly Hills..."To Die in Beverly Hills"...It was written by Gerald Petievich...
It’s like a gated community except the police dept. are the gates.
Obstructed rear window? Just a guess.
Almost made a clean getaway.
So was the car stolen or the toilet paper?
They also make it sound like you can’t have that much toilet paper at one time.
Gerald Petievich also wrote To Live and Die in L.A. that was made into a great movie in 1985
“To Live and Die in L.A.”
That was a good movie, one that most have never seen.
If the dollar completely collapses, we could use toilet paper as currency.
Officers recovered nearly 200 rolls of toilet paper from a vehicle that had been reported stolen>>>>
The perp had taken an overdose of Ex-Lax and was waiting to shit himself to death, and had his TP ready?
Expect to see something similar on an upcoming Rookie episode.
Excellent movie. Whoever did the technical work was spot on. The office scenes look just like my old office at that time.
Hell, I buy it in 32 packs. Does that make me a hoarder or criminal?
Our fiat currency (the Federal Reserve Note) is about as valuable as toilet paper.
always wondered what ever became of A.J. Soprano
With all that evidence, the case was easy to crack.
I buy it 20 double roll 12 packs at a time. That’s 240 rolls. Sure hope I don’t get pulled over! lol
“What? No f&^%in ziti?”
The driver of the car will be charged with being in possession of crack paraphernalia.
Good one. I love these threads for the excellent jokes.
Don’t they usually mention the street value of such things?
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