NewsJuly 10, 2008
Police: Naked man steals beer, hijacks bus
LAS VEGAS -- Maybe he lost his shirt at a casino. Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a naked man who stole a beer and then hijacked a bus several miles northeast of the Strip. A police spokesman said the man fled from a convenience store when a police officer arrived to investigate a report of a shoplifter Tuesday...
The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS -- Maybe he lost his shirt at a casino. Police in Las Vegas say they arrested a naked man who stole a beer and then hijacked a bus several miles northeast of the Strip.
A police spokesman said the man fled from a convenience store when a police officer arrived to investigate a report of a shoplifter Tuesday.
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The suspect allegedly punched in a back window of a Citizens Area Transit bus, climbed aboard, forced the driver off, drove the bus about 200 yards and then jumped out of the moving vehicle.
A police officer climbed aboard the bus and stopped the vehicle.
Police say the man was arrested on felony charges and given clothes and a mental evaluation.
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