Terrified, I stopped and with eyes like saucers listened to

Terrified, I stopped and with eyes like saucers listened to the officers. Who was I? What was I doing? (I had the coke can for evidence) Where did I live? Was I alone? (I immediately gave up Chester - I would do poorly under interrogation in a prison camp.)

They put my bike in the trunk and me in the back seat and drove me home. As we pulled into the drive way, Mom and Dad and Chester were waiting for me on the front porch. He had seen the police action, continued home and awakened my parents (all really good decisions).

I reached for the door handle to get out and - THERE WASN’T ONE!

I was let out and remanded to the custody of my parents.

Someone had called in a peeping Tom and that alerted the officers to be on the lookout. Clearly, at least to Chester and me, we were not guilty. That was not so clear to the officers or my parents. I don’t remember exactly how the incident wound up, but none of us got a good night’s sleep that night. I was up again at 5 and on my bike to deliver the morning papers - I think Chester went with me.