Scanning the internet looking for something to discuss today I ran across the story of Lola, the chihuahua who was stolen from Brianna when a couple of auto burglars broke into Briana’s boyfriend’s truck..

But the story I want to tell is not the story of Lola who was found when the thieves were arrested using credit cards stolen from a car parked near Briana’s boyfriend truck. The story I want to tell is the story of Beanie Baby. Beanie Baby belong to one of my clients. A man named Gordon. One night in 1997 or 1998 at approximately 3:00 am, I get a call from the Sacramento Police Department asking me to identify Beanie Baby, Well identifying Beanie Baby is not difficult. Beanie Baby is a Shar-Pei. Shar-Peis are not exactly beautiful animals. Beanie Baby was deformed and therefore the ugliest of Shar-Peis.

As I got the story that night and in the following days here’s what happened. Gordon was driving his truck on the interstate through Sacramento. The truck broke down and Gordon did what you would expect him to do. He took his dog and found the nearest bar. I don’t know how many drinks he had. But eventually the waitress call the police and accused Gordon of stealing Beanie Baby from her. Well the officers came to the bar and took Beanie Baby away from Gordon and gave it to the waitress.

Well I described Beanie Baby to the Sacramento police They realized they made a mistake–a big mistake. They had mud on their face. They spent the next several days looking for Beanie Baby. Of course the waitress had given the dog to a friend. But eventually the police, with help from Gordon’s friends found Beanie Baby and gave her back to Gordon.

I don’t believe the waitress was ever charged. It would have been embarrassing for the police.