I was looking for something else and came across this. This is so stupid I just had to share it will you all. I guess congress will now have to pass laws making it mandatory to go through a background check and have a two week waiting period to purchase cooking equipment. Things that make you go Hmmmm.
Police: Suspect Tried To Rob Bar With Cheese Grater
BY MARISA KWIATKOWSKI
mkwiatkowski@nwitimes.com
219.662.5333 | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 |
CROWN POINT | James Plante Jr. was charged Monday after he tried to rob a Hammond bar using a cheese grater underneath his shirt and successfully robbing a nearby gas station a couple minutes later, Lake Criminal Court records allege.
The 39-year-old man faces felony counts of robbery and attempted robbery for the Sunday incidents.
Police said Plante, address unknown, demanded money about 1:30 a.m. from the bartender of Hoosier Buddy Tavern, 839 169th St., in Hammond, threatening to shoot the bartender and a patron if the victim failed to comply.
The patron realized Plante didn't have a gun and used a bar stool to push him out of the bar, court records state. Plante fled, dropping a cheese grater on the ground, court records allege.
A couple of minutes later, Plante showed up at a Speedway gas station in the 6800 block of Calumet Avenue, records state. He told the attendant he had a gun, so she turned over all of the money from the register, court records state.
Plante confessed his involvement to Hammond police, court records state.
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Hi Jeff
ROTFL
People kill, cheese graters don't kill.
He either stops to pick up the grater after being meeting the business end of the bar stool or he gets another one before he goes to the speedway? Maybe he was trying to make a name for himself. The Grater. Hmmmm This guy is never around when Carrot Top is and vice versa.