Monday, February 21, 2005
Geez, Bob, I Was Just Goofin' Around
A Cook County correctional officer with a penchant for practical jokes took things a little too far when he decided to feign a carjacking on a colleague's car. It turns out that Arlin McClendon Jr.'s colleague (we'll call him "Mr. X" since his name has not been disclosed) was actually in the car in front of the bogusly-carjacked vehicle, and Mr. X's wife and child were the unintended "victims" of the carjacking. Seeing what was going down, Mr. X got out of his car and promptly put several bullets into McClendon, unaware that it was all just a goof. Let that be a lesson to all of you: joy buzzers and squirting flowers are still okay, but performing mock felonies is a wee bit over the line. Source
