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An 18-year-old Willow Street man found out early Thursday that throwing an egg at a police cruiser — especially while the officer is in it — is not such a good idea. Nor is driving over 100 mph to try to get away from the officer. The incident began about 1 a.m. in the square of Strasburg Borough, police said. A state policeman driving south on Route 896 was passed by a northbound car when he heard something strike the door on the driver's side of his car, police said. He turned around and pursued the car, but the driver,...

SPC suspect jailed in Michigan The man, who tried to buy St. Petersburg College vehicles, has terrorist ties, police say. By NORA KOCH, Times Staff Writer Published October 28, 2004 A former Clearwater man who tried to buy an old ambulance and two surplus police cruisers from St. Petersburg College in August is an "affiliate of a terrorist organization," according to police documents obtained Wednesday. Abdalla Deiab, 51, was arrested in Michigan on Wednesday on a warrant charging him with failing to return a hired vehicle, a Largo rental car, Pinellas County sheriff's and Largo police officials said. In a...