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hockeygodDrunks try to free trapped car with stolen Zamboni
By NADIA MOHARIB, Calgary Sun February 17, 2011
Their car stuck in the slush, two apparently drunk men Thursday committed the most Canadian of crimes — they tried to steal a Zamboni to extricate themselves.
Unfortunately, for the seemingly sloshed suspects, before the pair could free their car which was stuck behind East Calgary Twin Arenas — they were arrested by police.
Ross Harris, operations manager of the arena on Erin Woods Dr. S.E., said he was working in an office at the facility when he noticed the Zamboni on the move.
“I happened to see the Zamboni going outside on the camera system,” he said.
“I really wondered what was going on.”
He soon learned at least one of two men had walked into the building and broken into the garage area where the ice-grooming machine was parked.
When he got outside, the pair — with one driving the machine — was trying to push the car free of an icy stretch of pavement.
They seemed utterly unapologetic about their actions, instead asking Harris if he had a truck or tow rope to help them free their car.
While the Zamboni is four-wheel drive, it is not meant to go up hills or hit pavement.
At one point, the man driving the machine stepped to the ground and it rolled backwards with Harris forced to jump into the driver’s seat just in time to steer it clear of the building.
Telling them he was going inside to get a shovel, he told co-workers to summon police for two tipsy strangers having trouble navigating winter roads.
About five minutes later, police were there and had the pair in custody.
Sgt. Kelly Oberg said the case is certainly unique and alcohol appears to be a factor.
“This is my first stolen Zamboni,” he said.
Charges, including theft of a vehicle, break-and-enter, mischief and impaired driving, are pending against two men in their 30s.
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