Here is a bizarre but apparently true story that just broke in St. Cloud, MN. A woman was arrested after being found riding her bicycle with a shotgun strapped to her back! Read more here.
I do not think that this woman was riding her bike as a means to be eco-friendly but she was racking up carbon credits nonetheless! Thankfully, citizens called it in before anything bad happened. Speaking of citizens, in another crime story from a month or so ago, my friend PhT was part of a group of graduate students at the University who helped nab a known thief on campus. His studio-mate actually made a citizen's arrest! As in, "I citizen's arrest you" (I know, poor grammar) or "I hereby make a citizen's arrest" (more formal sounding).
Woman bicycling in St. Cloud with shotgun strapped to her back is arrested
By TIM HARLOW, Star Tribune
Last update: February 19, 2008 - 8:56 AM
It was a sight that would catch anyone's attention, a woman riding a bicycle around St. Cloud Monday night in bitter cold. Turns out there was another reason a citizen took notice: The cyclist was carrying a gun.
Police caught up to the bicyclist a few minutes after a call came in around 11:15 p.m. They found her near 14th Avenue N. and St. Germain Street with a shotgun strapped to her back, said Sgt. Joe Kraayenbrink.
Turns out the 22-year-old suspect is a felon and had a warrant out for her arrest, police said.
She was arrested and faces charges of a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm in a public place, as well as her outstanding warrant, Kraayenbrink said.