Bird in Hand

“They’re not going to arrest me for that.”

Craig Sullivan, Quoted as saying shortly before his arrest

Photo by Luca Venturi (Creative Commons)

Question: When is a bird capable of getting a guy in a whole lot of trouble? Answer: When it’s not a bird at all.

Earlier this month, Craig Sullivan landed himself in jail after “flipping the bird” at his ex-girlfriend from across a parking lot in Belfast, Maine (population 6,692). As it turns out, his ex had a restraining order and called the police. In response, Mr. Sullivan retorted, “They’re not going to arrest me for that.” They did. The restraining order protected Mr. Sullivan’s ex from both direct and indirect contact, obscene gestures included.

While arresting Mr. Sullivan, the police found a pot pipe in his pants and ended up charging him with possession of drug paraphernalia in addition to violation of the restraining order. You might say that with the arrest police were able to kill two birds with one stoner.

Read more → Abigail Curtis, Morrill man arrested after flipping the bird at ex-girlfriend, Bangor Daily News, February 9, 2012.