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Beware of ...What?!

When Adam Pearl arrived at his Meridian, Idaho, home, he found signs of a break-in and called the police. Officer Ashley Turner responded. “During her investigations, Joey had run in the bedroom just screwing around like he always does between her legs and kind of startled her,” Pearl said. “She says whoa, what was that, and I said ahhh don’t worry about that, that’s just Joey, my pet squirrel ya know.” Turner quickly tracked down a suspect. “She said while she was questioning the individual he had scratches on his hands,” Pearl said. “So she asked him ‘did you get that from the squirrel?’ and he says yeah, damn thing kept attacking me and wouldn’t stop until I left.” Joey has been hailed as a hero. “Nobody can believe it because who can say they have a squirrel that guards their house, which is crazy,” said Pearl. “You can’t ask for much more than that.” (MS/KIVI Boise) ...Joey seems to like Pearl because he’s a little nuts.