Costumed, drunk & in custody

Costumed, drunk and in custody is no way to spend Halloween weekend.

There's a lot going on around the city this week: Halloween parades,  costume contests for pets, and all kinds of options for low-cost Halloween fun. So the last place you should want to spend any time this weekend is a police lockup.  Especially if you get pinched in costume.  Not only will the arresting officers have a lot of laughs at your expense--so will everyone else when your costumed mugshot inevitably turns up on a website like this one.

Michelle Allen of Middletown, Ohio became famous last year after her udderly wacky behavior got her arrested.  She had been hired to promote a local "haunted trail" attraction.  She got drunk, threatened some children, wandered through a residential area and urinated in someone's yard.  According to this story she repeatedly challenged people to "suck her udders."

Is that a burrito in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?  While not actually a Halloween arrest, this next shot proves that mixing booze, drugs and costumes can result in criminal hilarity:

"...when a costume party full of medical professionals stopped at On Tap Cafe, police said Adamcik had a burrito stuffed below the waistband of his costume and was asking women if they want to touch it. When one refused, he allegedly took out the burrito and groped her."

Police later found the burrito concealed in his boot.  Dr. Raymond Adamcik was arrested after all of the other "Captain Americas" were brought outside for a lineup, and he was identified.

Thundercats are go!  Will Johnson, of Savannah, Georgia, was arrested after "...running into traffic and gyrating in front of oncoming cars. He was also screaming and cursing at motorists" while dressed as one of the Thundercats.

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Getting into the Halloween spirit--you're doing it wrong:

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Hapless Iowans Matthew Allen McNelly and Joey Lee Miller decided to "disguise" themselves by drawing on their faces with a permanent marker before committing a residential burglary.  Clearly not cut out for the criminal lifestyle, the pair failed to grasp the concept that a good disguise should be easily removable.

Some time after passing out at a Halloween party, John Huffman rear-ended another car at an intersection.  When police arrived to investigate the crash they "...found Huffman, 34, unsteady on his feet, with alcohol on his breath, and in possession of three bags of pot..."  The report does not indicate whether Mr. Huffman looked in a mirror before getting into his car:

The Smoking Gun

We don't know what Travis Stone was doing before he got arrested for drunk driving, or what he planned on doing at his destination had he not been arrested.  All we know is that when he was arrested in Las Vegas, he was "dressed head to toe in silver paint."  He reminds me of a woman that we arrested for DUI years ago, who was dressed as the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz.  Sadly, I wasn't able to find her mugshot.  I did find one for Travis:

 
Sometimes they don't make it to the party.  This next fellow was arrested a few years ago for shoplifting.  He gave his name as "Johnny Pumpkinhead" to the arresting officers, so that is forever listed as an alias on his rap sheet.

Finally, sometimes they don't even make it into costume before getting arrested.  20 year old Megan McCauley of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, wanted to dress up as a "Sexy Cop" for Halloween--always a fun idea!  Unfortunately, she got caught boosting the costume from a local Spencer's Gifts.
 

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So, consider these cautionary tales while you're out whooping it up this weekend.  You don't want to wind up in next year's gallery.