Posted on 05/22/2006 5:20:20 AM PDT by decimon
ROTTERDAM, N.Y. - While waiting for his friend to be processed on a drunken driving charge Friday morning at the Rotterdam Police Department, 21-year-old Adam Jewett picked up the gumball machine in the lobby and walked out the door with it, authorities say.
Jewett was riding in Zachary Peek's vehicle when it was stopped by an officer about 3 a.m. in Rotterdam, police said. A dispatcher watching the surveillance system saw Jewett carry away the gumball machine. He told the officer processing Peek on the driving while intoxicated charge. Patrolman Stephen Dixon found Jewett in the parking lot with the gumball machine.
Jewett, who lives in Rotterdam, was charged with petit larceny, a misdemeanor, police said. He and Peek, 21, from nearby Schenectady, were issued appearance tickets for Rotterdam Town Court.
Did they send the gumshoes out to find him?
Musta had a heck of a sweet tooth.
This was the MAD Magazine version of Cool Hand Luke.
They burst his bubble.
No, the jawbreakers. :-)
He must have been looking for the Gumball Rally.
Well you can't say he didn't have a lot of balls
Ah, Monroe County. I recall the Rochester police driving like they wanted to match what they saw on television.
What the hell is a gumball machine doing in the lobby of a police station?
Yeah, but it takes some crank to get them.
It's for the children.
This means he surrendered without a struggle, I think.
Some people will steal stuff just because it's Tuesday and they haven't stolen anything yet today.
Book 'em Dano!
In the town of Blackduck Minnesota in about 81 or 82 someone stole the lights off the cops car as it was parked in front of the station, and no, I don't know anything about it.
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