FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) Two men have been convicted of creating a big stink last year inside a Warren County supermarket.
Geremino T. Ranallo, 65, of Washington Township, and Warren G. Jacoby, 50, of Mansfield, were convicted Tuesday of disorderly conduct for spraying a noxious gas at a ShopRite in Washington.
Central Warren Municipal Court Judge Joseph W. Steinhardt gave the two men one month to decide if they want to serve 30 days in jail or 90 days of community service.
Authorities said Ranallo and Jacoby used a gag spray can filled with gas designed to mimic the odor of flatulence on May 26. The resulting stench forced dozens of customers to flee the store, and one employee became sick after smelling the fumes.
Ranallo said he was unhappy with the verdict.
''I don't want to be known as the fart guy,'' he told The Express-Times of Easton, Pa., for Wednesday's editions.
Maybe we need a separate TA/CJ/TP area...
FReegards,
FMCDH!