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"Man opts for jail over New Year with relatives"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this amusing story coming out of Italy: A Sicilian man stole sweets and a packet of chewing gum so he could get arrested and spend New Year's Eve in a jail cell rather than be with his wife and relatives, Italian media reported on Friday. The 35-year old Sicilian first showed up at a police station on Thursday asking to be arrested because he preferred spending the night in prison rather than with his family, but was rebuffed because he had not committed a crime, the Agi news agency said. The man immediately went to a tobacco shop next door, where he threatened the owner with a box cutter as he grabbed a few sweets and a packet of gum. He then waited until police arrived to arrest him for robbery, the news agency said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 02, 2010 (boomark / email).