You ever look at an aging hobo strumming a guitar on the side of the road and go, "Crap, that's terrible, stop polluting our streets. Go back to the '60's, you hippie. Take a shower and/or get a job." I do it all the time, then ask them to play "Freebird." Well, if you were in New Jersey over the weekend, you might have been in luck. That aging hippie was actually Bob Dylan - and the cops arrested him!

Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp that was to play at a baseball stadium in nearby Lakewood.

A 24-year-old police officer apparently was unaware of who Dylan is and asked him for identification, Long Branch business administrator Howard Woolley said Friday.

"I don't think she was familiar with his entire body of work," Woolley said. The police officer drove up to Dylan, who was wearing a blue jacket, and asked him his name. According to Woolley, the following exchange ensued:

"What is your name, sir?" the officer asked.

"Bob Dylan," Dylan said.

"OK, what are you doing here?" the officer asked.

"I'm on tour," the singer replied.

A second officer, also in his 20s, responded to assist the first officer. He, too, apparently was unfamiliar with Dylan, Woolley said.

The officers asked Dylan for identification. The singer of such classics as "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Blowin' in the Wind" said that he didn't have any ID with him, that he was just walking around looking at houses to pass some time before that night's show.

The officers asked Dylan, 68, to accompany them back to the Ocean Place Resort and Spa, where the performers were staying. Once there, tour staff vouched for Dylan.

Can you imagine being a young cop and picking up Bob Dylan. You'd be out with your friends later that night and they'd be all, "What did you do today? Shoot anyone?" "Nope," you'd say, "I arrested Bob Dylan." Then they'd all stare at you blankly before going back to talking about how funny Seth Rogan is. God damn kids are dumb.