Scoundrel Takes a Holiday,

Law Insists Otherwise

It is peculiar that when a man finds himself in trouble, his first instinct is to remove himself from the vicinity of said trouble as hastily as possible. Such was the case with one Meccaion Fields, a gentleman of 26 whose penchant for unfortunate enterprises led him to the attention of the Stockton Police Department.

On the evening of December 20th, the peaceable quiet of East Bianchi Road was most impolitely disturbed by the discharge of a firearm, leaving one Tyree Jones III, aged 52, in a grievous state. The good officers of the law arrived posthaste, but despite the best efforts of medical science, Mr. Jones departed this world for realms unknown.

With a low tolerance for sudden declines in the local population, authorities set out to identify the responsible party and soon landed upon Mr. Fields as their suspect. Mr. Fields, possessing the keen instinct of self-preservation common to those of his trade, promptly vacated the state of California and took up residence in Nevada, no doubt hoping the desert air would improve his fortunes.

Alas, fate and the Washoe County deputies had other ideas. Mr. Fields’ holiday ended abruptly on February 1st when the law laid hands upon him, demonstrating that a man may run but cannot outdistance his misdeeds.

With all the ceremony due an occasion, he got extradited to San Joaquin County, where he now finds himself the guest of the local jailhouse on a charge of homicide. His next engagement shall be before a judge on Tuesday, where he may find that the wheels of justice, though slow, grind with particular enthusiasm when well-motivated.