Hamster taken into custody after police arrest driver
BEAVERTON, Ore. -- A simple trip to the store early Tuesday morning turned out to be a bad decision for a Beaverton woman.
The decision was nearly fatal for her little hamster.
Beaverton's Nicole Huey, 27, was driving to a store at 12:35 a.m. Oct. 16 when she was pulled over by police, which is when they saw Huey had a hamster loose on her lap.
Upon a police investigation, they arrested Huey on a DUII charge and took her to the police department.
Meanwhile, the hamster was still in Huey's vehicle.
She told police she didn't have anyone who could retrieve the hamster from the scene and told police, "so you should just kill it."
Police told Huey her hamster would not be harmed and it would be taken to a safe place.
But getting the hamster to a safer place turned out to be difficult because police had a tough time catching it in Huey's car.
It took three officers to capture the furry little passenger before one of them made a makeshift container from an evidence tube and safely transported the hamster to the Emergency Veterinary Clinic of Tualatin.
Huey picked up the hamster from the clinic later Tuesday morning after she was released.
Police said a lesson to learn from the incident -- other than do not drink and drive -- is it is not safe to drive with any type of animal on the driver's lap because it could interfere with the driver's ability to drive safely. Police said it is crucial to put an animal in some type of container for its safety when it is in a car.
first pot plants being stolen now a hampster man kval is slippin bad if they think this crapola is news
somebody call PETA
@eugene123..i too am tired of negative comments towards the police. I deal with the general public everyday as part of my job and the general public sucks. The police deal with the worst of them on a daily basis while witnessing the tragedy that gets left in their wake..I want the police to be mean, forceful, and scary. I respect and am amazed at the job they do. They are willing to show up in any situation and try to save your life..even if you hate them. i cant say i would..can you ?
I agree with the negative comments about this woman However; in this case, these officers went far out of their way to to be compassionate and to make sure this little hamster was safe. I find it sad that people...even here now, can only make derogatory comments about the police, etc and can't at least give fair credit when it's due.
Somebody actually raised, and schooled this person. Values?
hhhmmmm.....drunk, stupid AND irresponsible.Â
Would be national news if police tazed hamster.Â
good one!
Say what? She told police they should just kill the hamster---then they gave it back to her when she was released from custody? I would think she must be some kind of a nut job and police should have put the hamster in protective custody for it's own safety.
Sadly Sparky, they would have done the same thing if it had been a child as well. The State of Oregon has failed to protect children in many many instances.