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Florida Dude Steals Holy Crackers, Charged

By gregladen on November 10, 2008.

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Ricci's mug shot
" Jonathan Ricci [of] Florida ... was arrested Saturday morning after he allegedly tried to steal "a handful of communion wafers" from a priest at a Catholic church in Jensen Beach. Ricci, 33, sought to swipe 15 wafers valued at $1 .. 9 AM, Ricci accepted a wafer on the Communion line, but "walked away without taking the communion into his mouth." After refusing a priest's requests to "accept" the wafer, Ricci "turned to the priest and grabbed a handful of the wafers from the plate and attempted to leave" ... "Due to the religious significance of the holy communion, the parishioners were very upset at his callous treatment of their holy ritual" and sought to detain him. An "enraged" Ricci then began to act "crazy" and scuffled with parishioners, two of whom (men aged 82 and 66) sustained minor injuries... was charged with theft, battery, and disrupting a religious assembly.

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Source of story

Here's a copy of the arrest report.

Hat Tip: PZ Myers

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Don't do this. Don't steal crackers.

Dang. Whaddy'a mean acting crazy? Shouldn't that be..is crazy?

Florida's a damn rough place, y'all: don't come down here unless you're prepared to cope with some serious crazy.

Mssr. Laden: whatever happened to that update on the Cooke & Collard crime spree you promised - well, offered - way back when?

By Pierce R. Butler (not verified) on 10 Nov 2008 #permalink

I have not heard from them since that time. They may be taking a vacation from it all. I'm sure we'll get something eventually.