DULL MAN ELATED HE'S BEEN NAMED "PERSON OF INTEREST" IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

PITTSBURGH - Hadley V. Baxendale is being called a person of interest in the embezzlement of almost $20,000 from his former employer, Bradleys Roadhouse Bar and Grill in Pleasant Hills where Baxendale worked as an office manager and waiter for six years until he was discharged in December 2006 for accounting irregularities.

"He's just so excited," said Baxendale's wife Maria. "He's always been on the quiet side, and nobody's ever said he was 'of interest,' until now."

"Chalk this one up for the little guys, the guys everybody wrote off as boring or dull," Baxendale proudly said from his cell at the County Jail. "I have a warrant here that says I'm not dull, I'm not boring." He turns to his wife on the other side of the bars and playfully asks, "What does that warrant say, honey?" Maria rolled her eyes. "For the 40th time, it says you're a 'person of interest.'" Hadley Baxendale sat back contentedly. "'Person of interest!' Don't you just love the sound of that."