PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Ethan Ingberg was driving back home from his job at the Erickson Medical Clinic in Park Rapids last December when his car started acting up.

By the time he hit Menahga, it was crawling along at 40 miles per hour. So, he called his friend, Akeley Police Chief Jimmy Hansen, for help.

Ingberg, 23, drove the sputtering car to Akeley, dropped it off at a mechanic and hopped in Hansen’s squad car for a ride back to his home in Wadena.

“Jimmy couldn’t let me sit in the front because he had stuff there, so I had to sit in the back, where the criminals sit,” Ingberg said.

Then, he snapped a selfie and jokingly posted it on his Instagram without explanation.

Genesis Cabral Gusmão, 20, was living in her home country, Aruba, at the time. She had followed Ingberg on Instagram

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