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Related: About this forumDale Peterson, Gun-Waving Alabama GOP Candidate, Charged With Shoplifting Again
Dale Peterson, Gun-Waving Alabama GOP Candidate, Charged With Shoplifting Again
WASHINGTON -- Dale Peterson, an Alabama Republican state official famous for flaunting his rifle in campaign ads promising to be tough on crime, was arrested Wednesday and charged with shoplifting a can of cashews. The arrest, first reported by AL.com, marked the second time in six months that Peterson has been accused of stealing.
His new arrest occurred at a Sam's Club, where police said employees watched Peterson eat a can of cashews in the store, then place the empty can back on a shelf. Store security guards confronted Peterson on his way out. He was released from custody after posting $1,000 bond.
Peterson was charged in October with stealing paper towels and beer from a Walmart. Employees said he pushed his way through the checkout line without paying for the items in his cart, according to police. Peterson later said the incident was "a mistake."
Peterson's arrests are noteworthy in part because he made national news in 2010 for his tough-talking stance on crime during an unsuccessful run for Alabama agriculture commissioner. In a campaign ad that quickly went viral, Peterson suggested his opponents were "thugs and criminals," and accused them of "stealing yard signs in the dark," and "bragging about receiving illegal money on Facebook."
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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/dale-peterson-gun-alabama-shoplifting_n_2968471.html
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Dale Peterson, Gun-Waving Alabama GOP Candidate, Charged With Shoplifting Again (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Mar 2013
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Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)1. This guy is an antedelluvian mud bubbler in a sulfurous swamp.
The Magistrate
(95,243 posts)2. I Like That, Sir
I shall have to remember it, for future occasions when abuse is called for.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)3. Have not heard from you in awhile.
Surprised you chose this story...These stories of republican insanity are so numerous that one can almost
be numbed by them..
The whole thing seems to be getting worse... My blood pressure seems to go up whenever I begin reading these threads on D.U. every morning!!!
Calm me down Magistrate.... Please!!!
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)4. What!? Another slimy, crooked, hypocritical ReThug.
This guy seems like a kleptomaniac. Better do a check on his finances and donations.