Where is there a police station at 40th and Market?
In a message dated 2/24/2005 11:12:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, Kyle Cassidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >It's filled with rich, pampered criminals .... > > > >Student tossed in slammer for salad heist >February 24, 2005 > > >It's not very often a $6.95 salad from Houston Market is unforgettable. > >Yet College freshman Melanie Foreman is unlikely to forget the garden salad >with feta cheese and ranch dressing she picked up on Tuesday. > >When the 19-year-old walked out of Houston Hall without paying Tuesday >afternoon, Philadelphia Police were waiting with handcuffs. Foreman was >arrested and charged with retail theft, a misdemeanor. > >The student was taken to the police station at 40th and Market streets, >where she said she spent an hour crying in a cold cell without her >sweatshirt or jacket, which police had taken away from her. > >While admitting that she was culpable, Foreman thinks that the police >response was excessive. "I was wrong. I shouldn't have done it, but if >they'd [just] told me not to do it again I sure as hell wouldn't have," she >said. > >For her indiscretion, she earned a court date in Center City early yesterday >morning -- scheduled for approximately the same time as one of her midterms. >The judge was late, she said, so the court officers on duty told her to head >to class and return later in the day. > >But that wasn't the end of this episode. > >She returned to find a judge's arrest warrant in her name and has to go back >again this morning to sort things out. > >The moral of this tale for any student who attempts to lift food from the >wide-open Houston aisles: She never even got a chance to eat the salad. So >much for lunch on the run. > >-- Garrett Young > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
