Boy, I feel more safe

Boy oh boy, I sure feel safer knowing that a $200,000 boat, bought by the Dept. of Homeland Security for East Baton Rouge, made its first arrests recently. My question is, what is wrong with floating down the Mississippi, smoking a little pot and flying a pirate flag? Were these people terrorizing the Exxon refinery? Maybe the Exxon folks thought that the two guys on board were part of an Al Qaeda surveillance team? I think these dudes should have made the cops walk the plank.

From WBZR:

EBR Maritime Response Team makes two arrests

By BRETT TROXLER

The EBR Sheriff’s Maritime Team arrested two men traveling down the Mississppi [sic] River in this vessel.

A four-month joyride on the water landed two men in the East Baton Rouge Parish prison Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff’s deputies said they nabbed the pair as they floated on the Mississippi River just a little too close to the Exxon Refinery.

The arrests were the first arrest for the EBR Sheriff’s Maritime Response Team. The men had been floating down the Mississippi River from Oklahoma on a boat that was covered with a tent. Authorities found marijuana on board.

“Part of the boat was covered with a pop up tent and it had a pirate-type flag on the top of it,” said Fred Raiford, spokesman for the sheriff’s office. “There were some concerns expressed about it by the officials from Exxon.”

The two men arrested are Brady Michael Smith and Abyha Glenn Nath, both 22. Both men were charged with simple possession and booked into parish prison.

The Sheriff’s Maritime Response Team has been operating since the end of July. The $200,000 boat used in the arrest was bought with Homeland Security dollars.