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Dampened Moods

Meanwhile, city workers struggled frantically to find the water shutoff. "They're in the ground, with torches—kind of like a cartoon—trying to find the shutoff," Spada recalls. "That was a real thrill."

It wasn't the last late-night escapade to come Spada's way. In June of 2004, a local drunkard, angry at his girlfriend and wanting to extract some revenge for reasons left to history (and his cellmate), commandeered a car (perhaps hers) and went for a joy ride.