Police Log: Man Speeds Home to Prevent Ice Cream from Melting

On July 29, at 3:38 p.m., police witnessed a vehicle driving down Linden St. at an estimated speed of 50-55 MPH.

Officer Vincent Springer chased after the vehicle and caught up with it at the driveway of 46 Yurick Rd. The driver, Darell Shanafelt, exited the truck and walked toward Officer Springer while holding a Friendly's ice cream Sunday.

Springer asked Shanafelt, a 45-year-old resident of Florida, why he was driving as fast as he was and Shanafelt related that he was trying to get his ice cream home before it melted.

Springer asked for the driver's license and found that it was suspended. The owner of the truck Shanafelt was driving took the vehicle into her possession. Shanafelt, meanwhile, was cited for speeding and operating with a suspended license. A warrant check was then run by Needham Police, who found that there was a warrant out for Shanafelt's arrest for a past charge of grand theft and cocaine possession. Shanafelt is also being charged as a fugitive of justice.