The story of America鈥檚 most wanted deadbeat dad getting caught and arrested in Calgary after 20 years on the run has been today. And for good reason. At every twist and turn in the story, there鈥檚 a new level of 鈥渢his is amazing鈥� 鈥� apart from the whole avoiding child support thing.
Let us count the ways.
- First off, after eluding authorities for 20 years, and $560,000 US in child support, Joseph Stroup was apprehended in Calgary of all places. Specifically a community called Bearspaw, in a now-defunct restaurant called the . The only way this could sound more poetic would be if it were a bar called Douchebag鈥檚 Hideaway in the town of Deadbeat, Saskatchewan.
- The dude went by the name Joop Cousteau. Sure he shortchanged his family, but he definitely did not skimp on his alias. Also, thank god he wasn鈥檛 caught in the 鈥�90s, because there is a good chance we would have named our indie rock band Joop Cousteau instead of after a Spanish sounding venereal disease.
- After two decades on the lam, what eventually did ol鈥� Joop in was a cherry pit. After ordering a Cherry Coke with eight maraschino cherries in it 鈥� no red flag there 鈥� he claimed that he had broken his tooth on a cherry pit. Bears Den staff were immediately suspicious since the type of maraschino cherries they served didn鈥檛 come with pits. When Stroup brought dental work papers in the next day, they appeared to be handwritten and had his real name and birthday on it. Somewhat leery, the Bears Den鈥檚 general manager googled Stroup鈥檚 name to discover he was wanted by U.S. authorities, who were then notified.
- If all this bungling, small-town criminal behaviour sounds like a plot from Fargo, you鈥檒l also be happy to know that the Bears Den was featured in the most recent season of the TV show.
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