Cup of coffee mistaken for a gun shuts down high

[justaguy]

http://www.startribune.com/local/east/3 ... anchO7DiUT

A man wearing a ski mask and carrying an object in his hand that a motorist thought was a gun triggered a lock down this morning at Stillwater Area High School, police said.

Turned out, the man was carrying a cup of coffee, said Oak Park Heights Police Chief Brian DeRosier.

The school went into lock down mode about 8:15 a.m. after the motorist spotted the man and told police that he had gone into a wooded area on the south side of the campus near Hwy. 5 and 53rd Street. Police from Oak Park Heights and the Washington County Sheriff's Office immediately set up a perimeter around the school and brought in a K-9 unit to search for the man, DeRosier said.

"We were helped that with all that fresh snow," he said. "We didn't see any tracks in the woods and in the ditches along the highway."

An off-duty Stillwater police officer on his way to work around 9 a.m. said he saw a man "matching a description walking along the road carrying a cup of coffee," DeRoiser said.

At that point, police called off the search and the school returned to normal operations.

"It turns out it was a case of a mistaken article," DeRoiser said. "

[Widge]

An easy mistake to make

[Squib Joe]

[macphisto]

Way to go, responsible citizen!

[westhope]

Squib Joe:

Is that one of those evil, black, large capacity, aeromatic cups that need to be banned? I heard they are really selling since "the" election.

[Squib Joe]

Squib Joe:

Is that one of those evil, black, large capacity, aeromatic cups that need to be banned? I heard they are really selling since "the" election.

Post-ban. No bayonet lug.

[1911fan]

normal capacity or neutered

[compconsultant]

Even if he was carrying a gun, so what?

[RobD]

looks like one of those "assault mugs"
Wont somebody think of the children?

[Srigs]

Squib Joe:

Is that one of those evil, black, large capacity, aeromatic cups that need to be banned? I heard they are really selling since "the" election.

Post-ban. No bayonet lug.

I'm sure you can do more than one shot of coffee in that high capacity mug

I can't believe I use to live in Stillwater

[jaysong]

Even if he was carrying a gun, so what?

Are really serious? Think of the children. I think if I were the in LE I would arrest him for carry a cup of coffee by the school. He could burn someone with hot coffee. Cold coffee, so what, how are law enforcement to know if it is cold or hot coffee. Remember the old lady at the Mc Donalds drive though. There is really no need for anyone to carry a cup of coffee outside a coffee shop or there own kitchen. Think of the children! We need common sense coffee laws.