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Puyallup is an interesting place. I heard a guy on the radio recently hypothesize that over 60 percent of the male population in Puyallup, on any given day, is wearing a sports jersey of some sort. He's probably not far off.

Despite its few drawbacks, Puyallup is also the type of place where real family love can blossom-the kind of relationships worthy of Hallmark cards, crocheted tapestry messages and Walton-style warm feelings in your heart.

Or something like that.

According to published reports on the News Tribune's Lights & Sirens blog, a man described as in his early 20s, was arrested recently after things went terribly wrong for him and the detached garage he lives in.

According to said reports, the man arrested lives (lived) in the detached garage of his grandmother's home in the 200 block of 19th Street NW in Puyallup. Surely, it takes a special kind of man, and a special kind of lasting relationship, for a grandson and grandma to cohabitate so lovingly.

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