Teddy was in a hurry to get home to his wife. He’d been gone for nearly three months. He’d been gone all right. Gone to the county jail where he served 90 days for check fraud. While not a violent crime, check fraud is one of the most frequently committed crimes in America.

Andy, a friend of the family, drove Teddy’s car to the county jail that afternoon in time for Teddy’s expected discharge. Teddy wanted to drive, so Andy slid across the seat. On the way home, Teddy got behind a slow moving van driving well under the speed limit. This was a two lane road with a double yellow line so Teddy stayed behind the van, impatiently waiting for a chance to pass.

Finally, Teddy’s patience ran out and he started laying on the horn. He also cast some obscene gestures at the passengers in the back seat of the van. Eventually the van did pull off the road to let Teddy pass.

But that just wasn’t good enough for Teddy. His patience was "give out," as he later described it. Teddy pulled in behind the van, reached into the glove box and got out his 9mm semi-automatic pistol. With gun in hand, Teddy swaggered up to the driver’s door of the van.

The driver got out of the van, but so did all the passengers-seven of them. All seven were wearing the uniforms of the county sheriff’s SWAT team out on a training exercise.

It didn’t take Teddy long to realize he’d goofed, big time! A couple of the deputies on the SWAT team disarmed Teddy, spread-eagled him on the ground, cuffed his hands behind his back and strapped his ankles together.

Teddy got an all-expense paid trip back to the jail where he was locked up while deputies pondered over what criminal charges to file against him.

Andy later told Teddy’s wife he wasn’t going to ride around in the car with Teddy any more. Best friend or not, who can blame him?