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  • Fake Cop Waves Real Gun in a Dunkin Donuts for 10% Off

    Fox13-Tampa Bay, along with the Orlando Sentinel, report that a Pasco County man has been arrested for waving a fake badge and a real gun at a Dunkin’ Donuts in order to get discounts.

    Surveillance footage clearly shows Charles Barry and his minivan pulling up to the drive-thru window. As the Barry transacts with the cashier, he waves a Sheriff’s badge and is allegedly demanding a 10 percent discount based on the claim that he’s a U.S. Air Marshal.

    What the footage doesn’t clearly show: he has a concealed revolver, and he displays it to the cashier, saying “See? I’m a cop!”

    Captain James Mallo of Pasco County said “He mentioned to an employee that he was a U.S. Marshal at one point. He also mentioned that he was an Air Marshal, which also raised a flag to the employees. Sheriff Chris Nocco felt something needed to be done before Barry’s cop fantasy became a little too real. “He brandished a gun. What’s the following step after that? Where is he going to take his fantasy?” he wondered.

    Barry is no law enforcer; he works at a print shop, but plays “police” for fun. Police have indicated Barry got the badge from his father, a former New Jersey police officer, and repeatedly solicited the Dunkin Donuts discount.

    The manager of the Dunkin Donuts said Barry came through every day, often with his family to get his discount donut fix. Fellow customers of the establishment, like Steve Hepworth, expressed their disgust: It’s just not right. It’s like claiming you’re in the military when you’re not in the military… To me, that’s just as cheap as you can get.”

    Captain Mallo said they arrested Barry this past Tuesday when he returned for his regular donut fix. “He was very sorry he did what he did. I believe he was even crying on scene,” Mallo added.

    [Image via Wikimedia Commons]

  • Air Marshal Arrested for Taking Pictures Up Women’s Skirts

    If you think the only invasions of privacy you have to worry about when flying are being patted down by TSA agents and going through body scanners, think again. A federal air marshal was arrested on Thursday after someone reported him for using his cell phone to take photos up women’s skirts.

    Adam Bartsch (below) was kicked off a Southwest flight at Nashville International Airport and taken into police custody after a witness saw him taking inappropriate pictures with his cell phone.

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    The witness, Rey Collazo, said that he first noticed Bartsch taking pictures while boarding the plane. Collazo was unaware that Bartsch was an on-duty federal air marshal and called him out, disgusted by his actions

    “I looked at the guy and said, ‘Excuse me, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. A disgrace to a human being, to a man, that’s wrong,’” Collazo said. Collazo then attempted to take the cell phone from the air marshal. “I just reached over with my left hand and grabbed it, struggled with him a little bit and I got the better part of the phone and twisted and hit him with my right hand between the neck and the shoulder. Shoved him back and I took the phone,” Collazo said.

    Collazo notified a flight attendant of Bartsch’s behavior, and he was removed from the plane. The married 28-year-old air marshal admitted taking around a dozen pictures up women’s skirts with his cell phone. Bartsch also told police he had taken these types of photos multiples times in the past.

    Bartsch was booked and released on a $10,000 bond late Thursday evening. The Maryland native will return to Nashville to face a judge on his disorderly conduct charge in November. According to Tennessee law, the disorderly conduct charge is a misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to 30 days in jail. See Bartsch’s arrest record from Thursday here.

    Do you think a charge of disorderly conduct is enough for the air marshal? Respond below.

    The TSA issued a statement on the situation and said that Bartsch has been removed from his duties: “TSA does not tolerate criminal behavior. The agency has removed this individual from his current duties and is in the process of suspending or terminating his employment. TSA is cooperating fully with investigators.”

    [Images via YouTube]