Monday, November 06, 2006

Now this is precisely why I don't go anywhere near urban nature paths...

Naked man arrested for concealed weapon
Sat Nov 4, 12:41 AM ET
EL CERRITO, Calif. - A man was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon after police found him outdoors — naked — and he told them he had a tool in his rectum, authorities said.
The man was lying on a tree stump, masturbating beside a nature path, near a Bay Area Rapid Transit station Thursday, police said.
John Sheehan, 33, of Pittsburg, was initially arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure. But when asked whether he was carrying anything police should know about, Sheehan mentioned the tool, said El Cerrito Detective Cpl. Don Horgan.
"You can't get much more concealed than that," Horgan said.
Officers drew their weapons and firefighters were called to the scene. Sheehan removed a 6-inch metal awl wrapped in black electrical tape without incident.
Sheehan, who was paroled from state prison last week, was then booked into jail on suspicion of parole violations, indecent exposure and one felony count of possessing a concealed weapon."When you're talking about an awl or an ice pick and you're dealing with somebody who's fresh out of prison, it's a weapon. That's a stabbing instrument," Horgan said.
It was not immediately clear what Sheehan was on parole for. A person answering the phone at the jail Friday night did not know whether Sheehan had a lawyer.



Yes, this is a lady dressed as a brine shrimp and is no way related to persons who store tools in nature's pocket.
But you tell me which you'd rather see.

2 comments:

technogreek said...

I knew there was a reason I never took the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART train...

qtilla said...

I just noticed yet another error in an AP article. This one has a sentence which ends in a preposition.

I as a silly blogger may splice my commas, but shouldn't somebody at the Associated Press have an MLA handbook?