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The ball
In 2008, an 88-year-old
grandmother was arrested
for not returning a child’s
ball. Edith Smith found
the ball in her garden, but
refused to return it to her
9-year-old neighbour. On
hearing about this, the boy’s
father called the cops. They
warned Edith that she would
be arrested if she didn’t give
the ball back. Once again,
she ignored the request,
so police charged her with
petty theft.
The present
In December 2006, police
arrested a 12-year-old
boy from South Carolina
for opening a Christmas
present without permission.
The boy’s mum had
specifically told the child
not to open any presents
until Christmas morning.
However, on seeing that
a Nintendo Game Boy
had already been opened
before then, the boy’s
mother called the cops, who
charged the juvenile with
petty larceny. In an interview
with The Herald
newspaper, the
boy’s mother
said she hoped
his arrest would
“serve as a lesson”.
The koala
In November
2014, a koala
bear was
“arrested” and
bundled into
a police van
after disrupting
traffic in Sydney (Australia).
The marsupial was seen
running in and out of
traffic at about 2am on a
Saturday night. A police
officer managed to grab
the creature before it got
hurt. Police then contacted
the RSPCA to find out what
to do, and were advised
to release the animal
in a “suitable location”
away from the city traffic.
However, before letting the
koala go, police took photos
of him and posted these
(complete with a set of minihandcuffs) to their Facebook
page, which received more
than 2,000 “likes” and
hundreds of comments.
The snow ball
After several days of
heavy snowfall in February
2013, Josh Pickens and a
friend started throwing
snowballs at passing cars.
Unfortunately for them, one
of the cars was an unmarked
police vehicle, and the driver
wasn’t amused. So, Josh
and his friend were arrested
and charged with “throwing
a missile at an occupied
vehicle.” In another incident
in 2014, a 13-year-old boy
was arrested and charged
with “aggravated battery”
after he allegedly threw a
snowball in a police officer’s
general direction. He was
also suspended from school
for five days.
And in another
incident in
New York, a
cop pulled his
gun on a group
of teenage boys
after they threw a
snowball at him.
In a later trial,
the teenagers
were awarded
thousands in
compensation.