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Police: Naked Man Found With Stolen Cheese At Library
Officer Says Man Bathing While Nude In Mens Restroom
WLWT.com News
POSTED: 3:50 pm EDT June 24, 2010
(Cincinnati) Police arrested a man Wednesday evening accused of being naked at the library with a bag full of stolen cheese.
An off-duty police officer working security at the downtown branch of the Cincinnati Public Library said he found 52-year-old Darrell Bess washing himself in the nude about 5:30 p.m. in the men's restroom.
When officers searched his bag, they said they found a knife, a razor, two stolen DVDs and 4 pounds of stolen Parmesan cheese.
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The 4 lbs of Parmesan sounds like something my husband might tote around.
ReplyDeleteIt's a little easier to wash one's self while nude than fully clothed. Made me wonder if the guy is homeless and stole the cheese so he'd have a little bit of food. Maybe not parmesan, though.
ReplyDeletemmm, was it the knife, razor or parmasan that was considered the 'concealed weapon' ?
ReplyDeleteIt's really sad that so many of the mentally ill are reduced to being homeless. The choice of Parmesan confirms my completely untrained diagnosis. Cheddar, I could have understood.
ReplyDeleteHow does a naked man carry a concealed weapon? And was it a cheese knife?
ReplyDeletewhere might they have been concealed at????
ReplyDeleteHey, that's the library I used to work at! I don't recognize the guy, though.
ReplyDeleteThere's another article from 12 News (http://www.local12.com/s/JN0-4BMxnUioc3-YbsytUA.cspx) that tells more about the situation. The man has a history of bizarre thefts; it seems pretty clear that he is, in fact, mentally ill. Not unusual at that branch, sadly.
That much cheese would 'bind me up' pretty well. I hope he was thinking about adding a few stolen apples along with the cheese to avoid constipation.
ReplyDeleteIf he was homeless, the concealed weapons are understandable; he'd have been arrested sooner brandishing a cheese knife in the public library.
Parmesean can be stored without refrigeration. It's a very smart choice for a homeless person. Also looks like he's trying to keep clean, which is hard to do on the streets. A knife is essential when you don't have the protection of your own home.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read this I thought this was funny, but the more I think about it, it's a guy doing his best to survive. He's probably schizophrenic too. Sorry, but it's more sad than funny.
he should have neither derision nor contempt.
ReplyDeleteI think he's simply trying to survive. Parmesan cheese is a hard cheese and it doesn't go bad quickly.
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