The Pugilist and the Pump
Strongsville, OH
A 41-year-old Strongsville man was arrested on charges of criminal damaging Friday after he punched a gasoline pump at the Pearl Road BP Oil station and left the store.
The clerk at the station told police the man came into the store and tried to pre-pay for his fill-up, but walked out when the store refused his credit card. Minutes later, another customer came into the store saying the man had walked back to the pump, punched it and shattered the glass. That customer was able to retrieve the license plate number to the Lincoln Navigator he was driving.
Police were able to contact the suspect later that day, at which time he tried to convince police that on the way back to his car, he stubbed his toe on the concrete island surrounding the pump which caused him to hit the pump.
Had he not been late for work, the man said he would have made an attempt to pay for the damage at the time, however, he said he planned to return later that day to make amends.
The man was cited for criminal damaging, a second-degree misdemeanor.
Found in the Sun News
April 17th, 2007 at 4:45 am
A guy with a Navigator and a declined card (wonder if it was even his?), planning to return later? Probably not. There should be security video of the whole thing to back up his story (drive-offs are a real problem in the world of $2.79 a gallon regular, I don’t know any stations that don’t have cameras on the pumps).
April 17th, 2007 at 6:02 am
A lot of places don’t have cameras. Too bad the old stubbed toe defense didn’t work
April 17th, 2007 at 9:00 am
A Navigator is as big as a house. This must be yet another example of the sub-prime mortage problem.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I think I should donate my old boots to the Strongsville Police Dept. ………..because they are knee deep in BS!
April 17th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
dude needs a pair of cuffs to go with that story i think.