Sheriff scares Packers fan

After his favorite team got whomped last night, Hamilton County Administrator Patrick Thompson (left) was making threats today – but fears of Sheriff Simon Leis Jr. kept him from imposing them.

Thompson, a Wisconsin native and avowed Cheesehead Packer Fan, was at the game last night where the Bengals drubbed the Packers 48-17 in an exhibition game.

Thompson, who admits he has a large plastic cheesehead on the administrative floor of the Hamilton County Building but refused to say where, was so distraught at halftime, he admitted he considered pulling a Greg Gall.

Gall is the fan who, last October, ran out on the field as the Bengals were whipping the Packers in a regular season game and took the ball from Packers quarterback Brett Favre.

Gall later was convicted of trespassing and disorderly conduct while intoxicated and sentenced to 14 months of probation.

“I was going to go on the field,” Thompson said, tongue firmly in cheek, “but there’s no room at the jail.”

Hamilton County’s jail is so overcrowded that the Sheriff has had to release some inmates early and not admit others.