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Pair convicted of creating odor that forced dozens to flee supermarket

By Associated Press, 3/20/2002 08:32

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.

1 posted on 03/20/2002 7:49:05 AM PST by Hank Hill
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Posting in Texaggie79's absence...........
2 posted on 03/20/2002 7:50:02 AM PST by Hank Hill
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To: Hank Hill
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6 posted on 03/20/2002 7:55:18 AM PST by socal_parrot
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To: Hank Hill
What happended to TA79 not Banished I hope?
and to let ya know Hank Hill is My Hero... isn't "Rusty Shackelford" Dale's alias?
32 posted on 03/20/2002 9:13:49 AM PST by Rightly Biased
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To: Hank Hill
Sorry...I'm missing any humor here...my own fault I suppose.

Maybe we need a separate TA/CJ/TP area...

FReegards,

FMCDH!

39 posted on 03/20/2002 9:50:26 AM PST by nothingnew
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To: Hank Hill
sounds like another blatant misuse of propane & propane products!
49 posted on 03/20/2002 5:26:39 PM PST by RangeRatt
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