WOULD YOU LIKE A LITTLE CREAM WITH YOUR COFFEE?

     To kick off this short week, I found this story rather interesting because it was so close to home and I've frequented this particular Starbucks on many occasions. It turns out; a top New Jersey police officer has been busted for masturbating in the popular coffee spot. 

     Lieutenant Benito Gonzalez, Jr. allegedly pulled down his shorts at the Route 70 Cherry Hill coffeehouse on May 7. The story did not state whether he did this inside the shop or in the parking lot, but seriously. You couldn't wait until you were alone and not in front of people? What was it about the coffee that made you want to whip your dong out and start touching yourself? I don't quite understand public masturbation. 

     The decorated 17-year veteran of the Camden County Police Department was off-duty at the time, but was spotted by a Starbucks employee who called police. Cherry Hill officers put out surveillance images of Gonzalez shortly afterward. The narcotics officer was arrested and charged with public lewdness. Both police departments (Cherry Hill and Camden County) have launched criminal and internal investigations into Gonzalez's alleged actions. I mean I guess, I can see where officer Gonzalez was going with this. Sometimes there are some pretty good looking women (or men if that's what he was into) hanging around Starbucks or even stopping in to pick up coffee on their way to work, but where I don't see where he was going with this is 'have some self-control, man!' If you see someone who you thought was attractive, take a mental picture and take it to your car or something. Why would you do it right there in the middle of the store? That just says that there might be some mental problems involved in this case, but that is a whole other issue. 

     Camden County Chief of Police Scott Thomson said, "We're deeply troubled by the allegations of this off-duty conduct. A swift and thorough investigation is being conducted. The officer has been removed from duty and suspended without pay. Gonzalez, who is from Deptford, NJ, is due in court on June 4. To be honest, this world and the people in it are so crazy that nothing surprises me anymore. There are some sick people out there and because they are out there, you never know when events like this will happen, which makes my job as a blogger more fun when these stories come out. I know this much, I won't be asking for a little cream in my coffee at Starbucks anytime soon.