“Halt! Oh, it’s you, Miss Streisand. My apologies. Just wanted to be sure there were no, um, trespassers on the beach at night. By the way, the Sheriff asked me to thank you for buying all those tickets to the Benevolent fund Raffle. Good night, Miss Streisand.”
(Backs out while bowing respectfully.)
LOL
On second thought, I shouldn't be laughing. The scenario you described is exactly what would happen.