A 21-year-old Kingston man has been arrested on charges that he tried to burgle a dozen roses from a Hannaford grocery store on Mother's Day by stuffing them into his pants.
Kingston police posted news of the arrest on their Facebook page:
Arrest: Sunday 5/13/12 at 3:20 PM – Herbert D Hill Jr, 21 yrs old (12/21/1990) of 68 Glenn St Kingston was arrested at Hannaford’s for the misdemeanor of Petit Larceny. Hill had been observed by Hannaford’s security taking a dozen roses, concealing them down his pants and then attempting to leave the store without paying for the roses. The roses were valued at $24.99. Hill was processed and released on an appearance ticket to reappear at a later date.
Crime doesn't pay, of course, but we have to salute Hill and his allegedly rose-concealing pants. Getting a single rose into one's pants is no mean feat. Getting a full dozen in there, thorns and all, should be a qualifying event in the Burglary Olympics.
Also, we've been having a very sober and professional exchange on Twitter with the Daily Freeman's Ivan Lajara on this important story:
Kingston's not the only city with a floral crime problem. Our sister website in Boston, Universal Hub, is reporting a Mother's Day caper involving a taxi cab carjacking at BB-gun-point, a forgotten bouquet, and police officers on a foot chase through the streets of Boston in hot pursuit of the alleged perps.
You know what they say in journalism: Three makes a trend. Anyone hear of other Mother's Day crimes in the news today?
