Deputies: Banana used as gun in holdup, then eaten

[IDemo]

AP - 2 hrs 17 mins ago

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Authorities in North Carolina say a store owner and a patron thwarted a teen accused of trying to carry out a robbery by concealing a banana beneath his shirt to resemble a gun.

Winston-Salem authorities say 17-year-old John Szwalla entered the Internet cafe Thursday and demanded money, saying he had a gun.

The owner, Bobby Ray Mabe, said he and a customer jumped Szwalla, holding him until deputies arrived. While they waited, Mabe says the teen ate the banana.

Mabe says deputies took pictures of the peel*. Forsyth County Sheriff's office spokesman Maj. Brad Stanley says deputies joked about charging Szwalla with destroying evidence.

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* :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. ...

Sometimes they write themselves for ya. :)

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. They coulda used the banana to give the coppers the slip.

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