# Man Attacks Cops At Sears With Weed Whacker
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [May 3, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961 "2011-05-03T09:27:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2011, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/1 "2011-05-03T09:27:36Z")
LOL, but not as crazy as I first expected from the title
> [MYFOXNY.COM](http://MYFOXNY.COM) - A irate customer trying to return a weed whacker to a Sears store ended up in jail on felony charges after the return process didn’t end well.
> Middletown, N.J. police say Gary Burke, 28, from Atlantic Highlands went into the Sears on Highway 35 at about 6:30 p.m. on April 28th.
> He had planned to return a weed whacker he had purchased at the store but the lawn and garden section of the store was closed at the time.
> Employees told Burke that he would have to return later. They say that Burke started to yell and scream at employees and refused to leave the store. They called police.
> Patrolman Thomas Meckier and Patrolman Richard Fulham arrived at the store and told Burke that he would have to leave. They say they were trying to escort him out when Burke hit Meckier with the weed whacker.
> Other officers who had arrived at the scene helped subdue Burke.
> Burke was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, unlawful possession of a weapon (the weed whacker), and other charges. He was held on $17,500.00 bail.
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### Author:  [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/2 "2011-05-03T09:35:45Z")
I blame the staff. “Hey… take the 15 minutes to call 911 and get this guy out of here”
After his ridiculous 15minute wait to process a simple return, the weedwacker most likely fell on the officers pinky toe.
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2011, 9:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/3 "2011-05-03T09:55:59Z")
How the hell do they get an unlawful possession of a weapon from that?
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### Author:  [@airhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/airhead)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/4 "2011-05-03T10:39:56Z")
It would have been more funny if he fired that thing up in the store and chased people away with it. Then again, it probably didn’t work at all.
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### Author:  [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/5 "2011-05-03T10:51:10Z")
Disappointing… I thought he was running it and went chasing the cops, not anything like that. :fail:
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### Author:  [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2011, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/6 "2011-05-03T11:05:09Z")
> [@JayS](#):
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> How the hell do they get an unlawful possession of a weapon from that?
i got charged with unlawful possession of a burglary tool many years ago for a screwdriver in my backseat…got dropped but still, was a stupid charge
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### Author:  [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/7 "2011-05-04T10:21:46Z")
[quote=“drvnkd,post:2,topic:211961"”]
After his ridiculous 15minute wait to process a simple return, the weedwacker most likely fell on the officers pinky toe.
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‘16 Blocks’ Reference?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/8 "2011-05-04T11:00:40Z")
> [@airhead](#):
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> … Then again, it probably didn’t work at all.
Exactly, we are talking Sears here.
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### Author:  [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-attacks-cops-at-sears-with-weed-whacker/211961/9 "2011-05-04T14:30:46Z")
> [@bigwoode](#):
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> ‘16 Blocks’ Reference?
nice