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Fed-Up Cell Phone User Sorry For Stripping, Trashing Store
POSTED: 8:24 am EDT October 19, 2004
FARGO, N.D. -- Can you hear me now?
Jason Perala said he's sorry for going on a rampage in a Fargo Verizon
store. He told authorities he was fed up with his cell phone service.
But his apology won't be good enough. He was sentenced Monday to 60 days
in jail, after pleading guilty to assault and criminal mischief charges.
The man said he only meant to scream at workers at the Verizon Wireless
store because he was upset over his phone service. But he ended up
stripping to the waist, putting on safety goggles, hitting a worker with
his cell phone, and causing more than $20,000 in broken equipment and
lost sales.
Authorities said the terrified store workers locked themselves in an
office, while the bare-chested Perala trashed the telephone store.
The 22-year-old North Dakota man admits he's "gotta change" his ways "a
little bit." The judge agrees.
Perala, who is a 200-pound former college wrestler, also has to undergo
a year of supervised probation and pay $1,200 in restitution.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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"My parents never got divorced. I would have done much better coming from a
broken home." - Maj. Frank Burns
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POSTED: 8:24 am EDT October 19, 2004
FARGO, N.D. -- Can you hear me now?
Jason Perala said he's sorry for going on a rampage in a Fargo Verizon
store. He told authorities he was fed up with his cell phone service.
But his apology won't be good enough. He was sentenced Monday to 60 days
in jail, after pleading guilty to assault and criminal mischief charges.
The man said he only meant to scream at workers at the Verizon Wireless
store because he was upset over his phone service. But he ended up
stripping to the waist, putting on safety goggles, hitting a worker with
his cell phone, and causing more than $20,000 in broken equipment and
lost sales.
Authorities said the terrified store workers locked themselves in an
office, while the bare-chested Perala trashed the telephone store.
The 22-year-old North Dakota man admits he's "gotta change" his ways "a
little bit." The judge agrees.
Perala, who is a 200-pound former college wrestler, also has to undergo
a year of supervised probation and pay $1,200 in restitution.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
--
David Streeter, "an internet god" -- Dave Barry
http
/home.att.net/~dwstreeterRemove the naughty bit from my address to reply
Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
"My parents never got divorced. I would have done much better coming from a
broken home." - Maj. Frank Burns
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