Mi Silla! Mi Silla!

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Heriberto Vidiana was arrested with a can of spray paint in the valet  parking lot
of The Ultra Burger in Studio City.

It was a great place to eat if you got twenty bucks for a burger and  fries.

Ultra Burger was the kind of restaurant where zillion dollar movie deals are sealed,
prompting management to monogram the napkins at no extra charge. 

But at  4 AM on the morning of February 15, 1998,
Heriberto Vidiana was not parking any Porsches.

Patrolman  Alfred  Redding  locked  the perpetrator in the back of his car
and radioed in a report.

Heriberto spoke no English and had excitedly repeated the phrases, "Aqui trabajo!"
and, pointing wildly at something, "Mi silla! Mi silla!"

The dispatcher provided a translation: the suspect was a parking attendant at the  restaurant
and  had  permission  to  paint  a rusted lawn chair donated by a customer. 

Ptl.  Redding asked why was he doing it at four o'clock in the morning? 

The owner of The Ultra Burger did not want any spray paint on the premises during business hours
and Heriberto had just gotten off work from his second job at a soap  factory in North Hollywood.

The chair had been the only occupant of the parking lot.

The  suspect was  released without  further questioning but not until Patrolman Alfred Redding
drove Heriberto Vidiana to Winchell's and bought Heriberto a coffee and donut.


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Footnote
MI SILLA! MI SILLA! is the copyrighted property of LCSoL. 
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