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Man Had Hours-long Junk Food Feast Inside Closed Walgreen
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested after he indulged in sweets and other various items inside a closed Walgreens for several hours early Monday morn- ing, according to police.
The New Smyrna Beach Police Department was called to Walgreens on State Road 44 around 3 a.m. after the store’s alarm went off. The alarm com- pany told authorities a man was inside the store, despite it being closed since 10 p.m.
Security footage showed the man, Christopher Morgan, enter the Walgreens at 9:40 p.m. and go into the restroom. He did not come out until 2:42 a.m.
After being in the restroom for nearly five hours, police said Morgan began roaming around the store “treating himself” to vari- ous items, such as Tostitos spinach dip, chips, Reese’s chocolate, Ghirardelli chocolate bars, Dr. Pepper, and Newport cigarettes.
When officers arrived, they
saw Morgan through the front doors taking a pack of cigarettes from behind the counter.
Body camera footage shows officers helping the man unlock the store’s doors from inside with the security alarms blaring in the background. Police said Morgan made no attempts to exit the store or call for help to get out.
Morgan was arrested after exiting the Walgreens. An officer can be heard ask- ing if there was anyone else inside the store and Morgan said he didn’t know.
“I came in here to use the bathroom,” Morgan told officers.
According to the police department, Morgan “resisted efforts” to place him in the patrol car. He also spit on an officer after being placed in the vehi- cle.
He was arrested for bur- glary of unoccupied struc- ture, larceny –– petit theft, resisting an officer without violence and battery on a law enforcement officer.
During her physi- cal examination, a doctor asked a retired woman about her physi- cal activity level. The woman said she spent 3 days a week, every week, in the out- doors.
"Well, yesterday afternoon was typical; I took a five hour walk about 7 miles through some pretty rough ter- rain. I waded along the edge of a lake. I pushed my way through 2 miles of bram- bles. I got sand in my shoes and my eyes. I barely avoided stepping on a snake. I climbed several rocky hills. I went to the bathroom behind some big trees. I ran away from an irate mother bear and then ran away from one angry bull elk. The men- tal stress of it all left me shattered, so I drank a scotch and three glasses of wine."
Amazed by the story, the doctor said, "You must be one heck of an outdoor woman!"
"No," the woman replied, "I'm just a really bad golfer!"
There once was a funeral for a woman who had
often screamed at her husband, drove her kids half nuts, scrapped with the neighbors at the slightest opportu- nity, and even made their cat and dog crazy with her explosive temper.
As the casket was lowered into the grave, a vio- lent thunderstorm broke, and the pastor's benedic- tion was drowned out by a blinding flash of lightning, followed by terrific thunder.
"Well, at least we know she got there all right," commented her husband.
After months of searching, Pat found a job in electrical engi- neering. Pat trav- eled to various locales to analyze and fix problems with his compa- ny’s equipment. Yet it frustrated him that his employer gave him little training.
One day Pat heard about some training classes coming up and asked his boss if he might attend.
“For sure,” his boss said. “I was already planning on sending you."
"You were?"
"Oh yes, who do you think is going to be teaching it?”
After raising four kids and losing one husband, I decided to return to college and get the degree I had started but never finished. And so, on my first day of college, eager with anticipation, and more than a little nervous, I took a front row seat in my first class in over 40 years ... a litera- ture course.
The professor told us we would be responsible for reading five books over the course of the semester, and that he would pro- vide us with a list of authors from which we could choose.
He ambled over to the lectern, took out a paper, and began: "Baker, Black, Brooks, Carter, Cook..."
I was working feverishly to get down all the names when I felt ataponmy shoulder. The stu- dent behind me whispered, "Slow down... he's just taking atten- dance."
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