Orange, California throws a lid in!

A 35 year old Orange, California man was arrested for assault with a weapon on a police officer. Officers came to the scene of the panic alarm on a car and found the suspect irate and possibly on drugs when he threw a Crock Pot lid at one of the officers. The suspect also faces, "Sentencing enhancements for inflicting great bodily injury on at least one of the officers." No word on if there was any food in the Crock Pot at the time the lid was thrown. Full story from the Orange County Register.

Church cooking

In Macon, Georgia a couple of parishioners noticed an open door to their church. When the peeked inside they saw some things were amiss, shut the door and called 911. When the authorities arrived they discovered a woman had removed some ground beef, onions and some other ingredients from the church provisions and had started cooking some mashed potatoes in a Crock Pot. I'm not sure what recipe she was following but she also tried to escape from the church, but a barred window prevented her escape. Full story from The Macon Telegraph.

In my city, he probably would have been shot

In South Brunswick, New Jersey a man allegedly on PCP was arrested for destroying his home. When the police came, he threw a microwave and Crock Pot at them. Here's where my city's police would have pulled the trigger. Unless he was white. So well done by the police in not shooting a naked man on drugs, a person who needs help. From My Central Jersey