Posted on 03/29/2008 10:58:55 AM PDT by Sammy67
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, March 29, 2008
(03-28) San Leandro - -- The younger of two brothers who survived a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo was arrested on suspicion of trying to steal two video game controllers from a San Leandro store, police said Friday.
Paul Dhaliwal, 19, hid two Nintendo Wii controllers in his pants at the Target store at the Bayfair Center mall about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, San Leandro police Lt. Tom Overton said.
Store security officer Michael Marucut, dressed in plain clothes, told authorities that he witnessed the theft and followed Dhaliwal as he walked past the cash registers, "never making an attempt to pay for the concealed items," the police report said.
Once Dhaliwal walked outside the store, Marucut and several other security officials confronted him. Dhaliwal "was uncooperative and immediately began to resist," Marucut wrote in a statement included in the police report.
Dhaliwal was subdued and placed under citizen's arrest. Officer Warren DeGuzman arrived and took Dhaliwal into custody. After he was read his rights, Dhaliwal "admitted to selecting and concealing the merchandise," DeGuzman wrote in his report.
But Dhaliwal said he never left the store with the items, the police report said.
Dhaliwal, whose scars from the tiger attack are still visible on his head, was arrested for petty theft, Overton said. Dhaliwal posted $1,500 bail shortly before 3 p.m. Friday, police said.
The incident at Target happened on the same day the brothers filed a claim against the city of San Francisco, seeking unspecified monetary damages in connection with the tiger attack. A message left for Paul Dhaliwal wasn't returned.
The alleged shoplifting incident isn't his first brush with the law.
In February, both he and his brother, Kulbir Dhaliwal,
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Just stealing the controllers the Illegals haven’t stolen...
No shock here.
We should have let the tiger finish the job and give it extra steaks for a year instead of killing it.
Will they play “Hold That Tiger” at his wedding?
Didn’t they just file a lawsuit against the City of San Francisco? If so, maybe their lawyer “suggested” getting in trouble with the law a few times to show that the trauma they have suffered from watching their friend being killed by a tiger has affected them in $$big$$ ways. I think I have become officially jaded.
Punks. They should be in jail for cruelty to animals. What a shame a tiger died because of these scummy little criminals.
Gee - didn’t we hear from the families right after the attack, “They would never tease an animal - they are good boys”?
That great Siberian tiger had to be killed for reacting as a tiger should from the behavior of human beings acting as they should’nt have? That was criminally wrong.
The poor tiger is still licking its butt trying to get their taste out of its mouth.
A Dhaliwal survives a tiger attack then places multiple controllers in his pants. This pinhead is going to be a drag on society for the rest of his life, however long or short.
Hopefully, short. People this stupid don’t generally have long life spans.
I wouldn’t be suprised since lawyers are scum.
“Hey, tiger-boy, is that a Nintendo Wii controller in your pants or are you just glad to see me?” - Sandy Burglar
Um...yeah. It was mentioned in the story.
I noticed it in the story just as soon as I hit “Post”. My timing’s a bit off, today.
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