Virginia Cop Pulls Over Driver; A Kangaroo Was Inside The Vehicle

MARTINSVILLE, VA — A police officer in southern Virginia could never have guessed what he'd find when pulled over his last driver for the day: a kangaroo.

Martinsville police Officer Chase Bennett pulled over driver Laura Steere on Tuesday, WDBJ-TV reported.

"She said, 'are you checking on me?'" Bennett told the station. "I said yeah, just checking to make sure everything's OK."

"And I said thank you so much for checking on me," said Steere, "but we're fine. I was just checking my kangaroo!"

Confused, Bennett asked her if it was a real kangaroo. Sure enough, it was. Steere was headed to her home at Infinity Acres Ranch, a nonprofit educational ranch, with various animals, the station reported.

Bennett snapped a photo with "Didgeridoo the Roo" and the department tweeted it out with the caption: "To quote Officer Bennett, 'You just never know what could "jump" off in police work...'"

"Who's gonna say no to seeing a kangaroo?" he asked the station.

Click here to read the full story at WDBJ-TV.

To quote Officer Bennett, “You just never know what could "jump" off in police work...” pic.twitter.com/fOmVFxEIEn
— Martinsville Police (@PDMartinsville) February 14, 2018

Photo credit: Martinsville Police, used with permission