Published: January 19, 2012 | News Blog | 785 Clicks
Police say a man tried to rob a western Pennsylvania gambling parlor by threatening to spread a staph infection.
Police say 41-year-old Fred Parker, walked into Lucky's Internet Cafe in Sharon on Monday night and began touching the walls and gambling machines, claiming he has MRSA - a serious staph infection that resists antibiotics.
Parker was arraigned by District Judge Dennis M. Songer, Sharon, and taken to Mercer County Jail after failing to post bond.
An officer witnessed the breaking of glass in Jenkins Hall. A male student was seen brushing glass from his shoulder, but claimed the glass was already broken when it fell from its frame on him.
Rosa Parks
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was arrested in February 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama for failing to give up her seat on the bus to a white person, actions that sparked the multi-month Montgomery bus boycotts. Parks was found guilty of civil disobedience and violating a city ordinance and fined ten dollars, plus an additional four dollars in court costs.
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