Coca Woods resident Muriel Reiffe sent me this recent adventure that took place in her home:

"The latest excitement here was when my cat caused a false alarm. He loves to sit on windowsills, and the other day he pulled out a wire that was connected to the burglar alarm. We were out, so the security company called the police.

When we came home there was a call on the answering machine telling us that there had been an alarm and that the police had been notified. I called back and asked her to cancel the police call but it was too late, for there was a uniformed officer ringing our doorbell!
When I realized what had happened, I picked up Merlin, the culprit, and said, "Officer, arrest this cat!"

Everything has quieted down. I had to rewire the window, and I put some duct tape over the area that Merlin had picked at.

Such excitement--I could do without it."

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