Judge Fred Pierantoni III sentenced Joseph R. Thomas, 52, to 30 months to five years in state prison on charges of aggravated assault, terroristic threats and resisting arrest.
Thomas was also ordered to serve 12 months probation and was given credit for 390 days time served in jail. Pittston police investigated a disturbance on Oct. 25, 2012, and encountered Thomas on a front porch.
Thomas told the officer, 'Look at my bug,' and threw a spider at the officer, according to the criminal complaint. Police said Thomas fought with officers when he was arrested.
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I hope to God that there is more to the story than this. It would really piss me off knowing that our tax dollars are being spent on imprisoning someone who merely threw a spider at an officer and resisted arrest.
This was the only news report I could find about this, so unfortunately there's no further information.
http://www.policeone.com/bizarre/articles/6025683-Man-resists-arrest-throws-spider-at-officer/
Thanks for that, Anonymous.
I love the catch-all "resisting arrest". It's like issuing a fine to someone for disliking the threat of the issuance of a fine.
And another brilliant picture!
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