Word to the wise: most people will fail to see the humor in the situation when you hold up a fake grenade and tell them that you are going to blow up the store they are in unless they give you money – even if you tell them you were “just kidding” afterward.
Such is the lesson that 62-year-old William F. Biggers of Oak Hill, Florida learned the hard way in a Dunkin’ Donuts store recently. On the day in question he approached Cherish Williams, who was cleaning windows in the store at the time, and showed her deactivated grenade. He then told the 41-year-old that he was just joking and walked away.
Police called to the scene found Biggers a short distance away, sitting on a park bench with his grenade next to him. They noted that the grenade was deactivated and that it could not have exploded, but charged him with aggravated assault all the same. [App; Image]
At the time of writing he is being held at Volusia County Branch Jail on $2,000 bail.
