An intoxicated man who claimed to be a U.S. Marine when arrested early Thursday morning in Athens for urinating in public chose the wrong police officer to question when he asked her about her service to her country.
Athens-Clarke County police said Patrick Joseph Scott became belligerent after being caught, telling officers that, at age 20, he had done more for the country than they ever had. The officer to whom he directed his screaming was Sgt. Courtney Gale, who nearly died seven years ago from a dozen stab wounds she suffered when confronting a crazed shoplifter.