Man arrested for hitting door with hoe

[The Straight Story]

Man arrested for hitting door with hoe


ST. LUCIE, Fla., March 18 (UPI) -- Florida authorities said an 80-year-old man was arrested for attacking his neighbors' door with a garden hoe because he thought they stole his cookies.

The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said the St. Lucie residents called 911 Sunday and reported they were awakened by a "loud banging at the door" that turned out to be neighbor Gene Edward Chambers hitting the door with a garden hoe, TCPalm.com reported Thursday.

Chambers told a deputy who arrived at the scene that he first knocked on the door then fetched the garden hoe when there was no answer. He accused his neighbors of sneaking into his house during the night and stealing seven boxes of "Little Debbie Oatmeal Cookies."

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/03/18/Man-arrested-for-hitting-door-with-hoe/UPI-61741268931568/

[maddezmom]

1. local?

[The Straight Story]

3. All news is local until it gets reported elsewhere (nt)

[L0oniX]

2. Damn Little Debbie Oatmeal Cookies are worse than crack.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

5. thin mints or tagalongs...

and I would have broken down the door...

[Jkid]

7. Think that's worse?

Try oatmeal raisin cookies.

[JBoy]

4. It was the Keebler elves.

[rcrush]

6. What is it? Crazy old people in the news day?

Robots from the Sunset Squad need to take that guy to the Retirement Planet.

[sandnsea]

8. Should have been taken to the hospital

unless he was drunk or something. He could be suffering from medication side affects or who knows what. It is so pathetic that people will happily pay for incarceration and balk at hospitalization.

[Lerkfish]

9. gosh I'm tired. I first read that as "man hits ho with a door"

completely different meaning.

:)

[hlthe2b]

10. Poor ole coot, probably needs a senility exam...

[RKP5637]

11. We all get there one day or another... hopefully later...