Sunday 15 July 2007

Wine and Crime

It's not just music that can soothe the savage beast.....LOL.

July 14, 2007
Associated Press

WASHINGTON–Police here are baffled by an attempted robbery that began with a handgun put to the head of a 14-year-old girl and ended in a group hug.

A group of friends was finishing dinner when a hooded man slid through an open gate.

"Give me your money or I'll start shooting," he demanded.

"We were just finishing dinner," Cristina Rowan told the man. "Why don't you have a glass of wine with us."

The intruder had a sip of their Château Malescot St-Exupéry and said, "Damn, that's good wine.'' He took another sip and a bite of Camembert cheese, apologized and put the gun in his sweatpants.

"I think I may have come to the wrong house," he said. "Can I get a hug?''

Rowan stood up and wrapped her arms around him and the other guests followed.

The man walked away with the crystal wine glass in his hand. No one was hurt.