http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/local/6286507.htmPosted on Sat, Jul. 12, 2003
Just when you think you've seen it all ...
By Tony Bridges
DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER
The day is Sunday, July 6. The time, 7:04 a.m.
A resident of Carraway Street calls the Tallahassee Police Department. Unknown suspects have gotten drunk and forked all over the neighborhood.
Officer Brad Smith, badge no. 601, arrives on scene.
Evidence is everywhere. Forks, hundreds of forks.
White plastic utensils have been stuck in the grass, to a lamppost, even to a burglar alarm sign.That's not all. "We found multiple other yards which had been forked," Smith reports. "Multiple road signs also were forked in the area." Officers are stumped. Is it a gang initiation? A satanic ritual? Witnesses are rounded up. They provide a tip.
A neighbor on Hawthorne Street has large parties. "Forkings occur afterward," Smith reports.
Police approach cautiously. They corner three suspects - a mother, her adult son and her adult daughter. The suspects confess.
"Petr had a 25th birthday party with about 45-50 guests and a lot of alcohol," Smith reports.
Just as officers suspected - inebriation. "They stated it is a prank that they sometimes do when they are drunk," Smith reports. "Suspects stated they would clean up the forks.
"They were warned about the ramifications of future pranks." Contacted at his home in San Diego - where he has recently moved - suspect Petr Kubik laughs. "They were looking for all kinds of dark and horrible things in it," he states. "But it was just a fun gag to do."