Posted on 05/28/2009 11:23:39 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Potatoes, apples and oranges were his weapons of choice, but apparently nothing in an Emmaus man's refrigerator was safe from being tossed around his neighborhood, police said.
Residents in the area of Perkiomen Street can rest easy now that a serial fruits and vegetables thrower has been caught, police said.
Anthony Lee Ritton, 18, of 206 S. Perkiomen St., threw oranges, apples, potatoes and other fruits and vegetables at vehicles over a six-month period, according to a complaint filed at District Court in Emmaus.
Ritton was caught after unwittingly tossing a potato – investigators believe it was a russet – at a police cruiser while an officer was investigating one of the more recent incidents on March 10, police said.
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I wondered where those guys had gone after Vaudeville died...
“a serial fruits and vegetables thrower”
Love that. How long before you see those words strung together again?
If he can throw a watermelon 60 yards give him a scholarship to Texas State.
Given the MSM's record on inaccurate reporting on guns, i'll bet it was a friggin carrot.
I'm glad you didn't say Tuskeegee.
We need fruit control.
I hope the police were trained in how to defend themselves from a man attacking you with fruit.
Hey, don’t laugh
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If this kid can throw a pineapple good, then a grenade won’t be difficult.
The Cubs should sign this kid. Maybe he can pitch a couple games during Zambrano’s suspension {;^)
GO CUBS GO!!!
What about a pointed stick?
"Oh, oh, oh. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh? Well I'll tell you something my lad. When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me! Now, the passion fruit. When your assailant lunges at you with a passion fruit..."
I wonder if his alias is "Tater Salad"...
“”The distance from where he was throwing them was probably 50 feet.”
50....feet
my golden retreiver can throw a russet that far.
I think this guy is stuck in the farm league.
It was a drive-by fruiting...
“I hope the police were trained in how to defend themselves from a man attacking you with fruit.”
I believe the standard countermeasure to a guy attacking you with fruit is to drop a 10,000lb weight on him.
(With all due respect to Monty Python)
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