Candy dispute leads to rampage

http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1067771615222540.xml ^ | November 2, 2003 | LIZ COBBS

[jimkress]

A 43-year-old Ann Arbor man was arrested in a bizarre Halloween night incident after police said he damaged the house of a woman because he believed she didn't give candy to his son, who was trick-or-treating.

Before he damaged the house, the man gave the woman a slip of paper with his address on it and told her to call police. Police said he then threw a small pumpkin through the front window, tossed a second pumpkin at the front door, and uprooted and smashed a bird feeder standing in the front yard.

Ann Arbor police said the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. Friday in the 2900 block of Lake Hurst Court where the man was taking his son trick-or-treating.

According to the police report, the child went to a house where a resident was passing out candy. The boy, about 5 years old, returned to his father, crying, and said the resident didn't give him any candy.

The father went back up to the front door of the house to confront the homeowner. Police said the woman told the man that she had given the boy candy. The father and his son left, but they returned a few minutes later.

The man approached the woman and handed her a piece of paper that had his address written on it. The man told the homeowner, "Call the police." He then threw the pumpkins and smashed the bird feeder.

A neighbor heard the commotion and came to see what was going on. As the father headed toward a large potted plant, the neighbor yelled at him to stop. Heeding the neighbor, the father stopped and left the property.

The father took his son and went home. He was there when police arrived.

Officers arrested the man on a charge of malicious destruction of property. He was released on his own recognizance. He has not yet been arraigned.

Liz Cobbs can be reached at lcobbs@annarbornews.com or

(734) 994-6810.

[jimkress]

A perfect illustration of what people on the public dole will do when their 'government supplied benefits' are cutoff.

[razorback-bert]

I don't believe this man has all his Tootsies in a Roll.

[templar]

It was Halloween. Probably just another case of demon posession. "The DEVIL made me do it ..."

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

His favorite candy bar is probably the "NUTTY BUDDY".

I suspect that he could have bought his kid a whole supermarket-full of candy for what this is going to wind up costing him.

Also, he is pretty lucky that he didn't get shot- if you stat throwing things through my windows, I am likely to get nervous (having received so many death threats from posters omn FR over the past three years....)

[concerned about politics]

A perfect illustration of what people on the public dole will do when their 'government supplied benefits' are cutoff.

LOL. My first thought.
No free handout = mental meltdown.

[Tijeras_Slim]

As the father headed toward a large potted plant

This guy?

[sergeantdave]

I wonder what he'll do if he doesn't get a Christmas card from this woman.

[dighton]

...

[Clemenza]

Ping!

[kaboom]

Isn't revenge supposed to be something like a flaming bag of dog-doo on the front step? That, or a few eggs sure beats a night in the pokey.

[blam]

Kids do what you do, not what you say to do. Look-out when this kid gets bigger.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Also, he is pretty lucky that he didn't get shot- if you stat throwing things through my windows, I am likely to get nervous (having received so many death threats from posters omn FR over the past three years....)

According to many here, you are supposed to cower meekly and wait for the authorities to decide to show up while your property is the target of pranks and vandalism.

[AK2KX]

Try that at my house and he would have dropped a few "Tootsie Rolls" in his shorts after looking down the barrel of my .44 Mag...

[glorgau]

"trick or treat"

No treat, so he pulled a trick.

[Dan from Michigan]

In Ann Arbor, very few have guns. Now if he did that up in Livingston County, he may very well be facing a shotgun.

[steplock]

There are times when the picture of the IDIOT needs to be printed in every paper.

The STOCKS were designed to embarass a person into not breaking the law by publically humiliating the lawbreaker.

It is time we get back to that. Enough of the ridiculous "supposed" "alleged" descriptions.

Outlaw the LAWYERS!

[Dan from Michigan]

People's Republic of Ann Arbor..

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Yeah but is he going to sue her for his sons emotional distress???? Enquiring minds want to know:) /scarasm

[elbucko]

(having received so many death threats from posters omn FR over the past three years....)

You too?

[Trailerpark Badass]

You too?

Me? Nah, I was just quoting rangerairborne in the italics.