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Columbia Heights Man Caught With Stolen 19-Inch TV in Pants
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| February 24, 2012
| Jennie Olson
Posted on 02/25/2012 8:02:08 AM PST by Parmenio
A Columbia Heights man was arrested for allegedly stealing a 19-inch television – by shoving it down his pants.
Twenty-one-year-old Eric Lee King was walking out of an Eagan business on Dec. 5, 2011, when he dropped a box of candy in the parking lot. An Eagan police officer was in the area and let King know, but King kept walking as if he didn’t hear the officer, according to the complaint.
The police officer said King was walking “straight-legged, shuffling his feet, and not bending his knees.” The officer also noticed that King’s pants were falling down and he was trying to hold them up.
After honking his horn and getting no response, the officer got out of his car and approached King. Police say King squatted down and reached into his pants, so the office handcuffed him for safety reasons.
That’s when the officer saw a large, square item wrapped in plastic shoved down the man’s pants. The item turned out to be a 19-inch flat screen television.
Police say they also recovered a remote, power cords, and a bottle of brake fluid from his pants, along with two blue pills that were identified as the controlled substance Xanax.
King has been charged with fifth degree controlled substance crime and shoplifting.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: crime; minnesota; napl; stuffinpants; thingsinpants
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posted on
02/25/2012 8:02:20 AM PST
by
Parmenio
To: Parmenio
If he could have affected a natural gait he probably could have gotten away with it.
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posted on
02/25/2012 8:04:55 AM PST
by
Parmenio
To: Parmenio
Pretty expensive TV, at this point.
3
posted on
02/25/2012 8:04:55 AM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: Parmenio
All the way to Eagan from Columbia Heights to steal a TV???
I guess he must have not wanted his neighbors to know he's a thief....
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posted on
02/25/2012 8:06:13 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Parmenio
Is that a 19 inch TV in your pants or are you just...
5
posted on
02/25/2012 8:07:49 AM PST
by
albie
To: albie
...happy to see me?
6
posted on
02/25/2012 8:09:37 AM PST
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Parmenio
19-inch flat screen television
I wonder how long we are going to keep calling them “flat screen”. Since there are no other kinds anymore.
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posted on
02/25/2012 8:19:33 AM PST
by
DManA
To: Parmenio
No wonder, Minnesota:
Mall of America!
Entitlement Capitol of the World!
8
posted on
02/25/2012 8:31:28 AM PST
by
Son House
(The Economic Boom Heard Around The World => TEA Party 2012)
To: Parmenio
To: Parmenio
A bottle of brake fluid? What, in case he dropped the tv?
10
posted on
02/25/2012 8:41:02 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Parmenio
As Monica Lewinsky would say...
Oooo TV diners !
11
posted on
02/25/2012 8:42:06 AM PST
by
tophat9000
(American is Barack Oaken)
To: Parmenio
He dropped a box of candy. That old sweet tooth will get you every time.
He must be a big guy to be able to hide a TV in his pants. Too much candy?
12
posted on
02/25/2012 8:47:06 AM PST
by
Rocky
(REPEAL IT!)
To: Parmenio
I guess I'm starting to 'blend' my threads...
"Excuse me, but is that a nineteen inch TV in your pants?"
13
posted on
02/25/2012 8:55:30 AM PST
by
RightResponse
(It depends on what the defamation of Islam is .....)
To: Parmenio
You wouldn't even get to the parking lot....back in the day.
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posted on
02/25/2012 8:55:40 AM PST
by
libertarian27
(Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
To: Parmenio
“shuffling feet and pants falling down”
Sounds like a natural gait in the hood.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I was hoping for a picture. Woulda been the “picture of the day”.
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posted on
02/25/2012 9:10:41 AM PST
by
IM2MAD
To: Parmenio
[Barry White voice]
Yeah baby, that’s all me. I swear!
[/Barry White voice]
17
posted on
02/25/2012 3:50:27 PM PST
by
Titan Magroyne
(What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
To: Slings and Arrows
I would be impressed if he could do that with a CRT TV. ping
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posted on
02/25/2012 7:00:53 PM PST
by
Clay Moore
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: Clay Moore; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Columbia Heights Man Caught With Stolen 19-Inch Ron Jeremy wants that back.
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posted on
02/25/2012 7:49:41 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: blueunicorn6
What, you watch tv without brake fluid??
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posted on
02/25/2012 7:56:55 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(My doctor told me to curtail my Walpoling activities.)
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