Sure, it's a crime, but this crime did give me a bit of a laugh

I know, I know. 

Getting high on meth is no laughing matter.

Neither is mental illness is no laughing matter.

But I couldn't help laugh when I saw a story last month about a New Yorker who, having been asked to leave a marina for his "erratic behavior" stripped down to his birthday suit and took off in a dinghy. (With, as the NY Post inevitably had it, "his dinghy...in full view." I may despise their right-wing potitics, but the Post does come up with some LOL-ers.)

The dinghy wasn't enough for the fellow. He sailed off into the Hudson, where naked came the stranger to an upgraded vessel: a moored catamaran, which he jumped into. It was there that he was taken into custody by NYPD's Harbor Unit.   

The cops threw a blanket over the guy, and noting - as marina employees had - his erratic behavior, transported him to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital for observation. ("He was believed to be on methamphetamines, a police source said." That's likely a pretty good guess.)

While the dinghy thief was at the hospital, NYPD had a cop keeping an eye on him. But it must have been a pretty boring task, because NY's Finest fell asleep. Taking advantage of the lull, Dinghy Man managed to get a hold of the cop's key, uncuffed himself, and found a white lab coat and pair of light blue scrubs to put on. He proceeded to walk out of the hospital, looking like any other exhausted medical professional. As long as you didn't see that he was barefoot.

The cop has been suspended. Dinghy Man (as of this writing) has been identified but is still at large.

Sure, it's a crime. Sure I hope that Dinghy Man gets the help he needs. But this one sure did give me a bit of a laugh. 

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Additional info source: NY Post 

Image Source: AOL