A Bite Out of Crime
Mouthful Gets Metro Passenger Handcuffs and Jail (washingtonpost.com)
Curry-Hagler turned around and followed Willett into the station. Moments after making a remark to the officer, Willett said, she was searched, handcuffed and arrested for chewing the last bite of her candy bar after she passed through the fare gates. She was released several hours later after paying a $10 fine, pending a hearing.
What on earth made this woman think she could flout the law against eating in the Metro in front of a transit cop, continue to break the law after being warned by the officer, mouth off to the officer, and keep on walking after she had been ordered to stop, and that there would be no consequences. Unfortunately, it appears that she has learned nothing from the experience.
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