Police say a western Pennsylvania man stopped at a bar and had a beer minutes after he broke out of a police station holding cell after his arrest on an assault charge.  

The Washington County public defender’s office on declined to comment on the charges filed against 40-year-old Smith Township resident Timothy Bonner.

Police say they were processing Bonner, removed his handcuffs, and placed him in the cell. That’s when Bonner allegedly knocked the cell door off its hinges and ran away.

After stopping at a house to borrow shoes, police say Bonner went to Richy’s Bar, where a customer told WPXI-TV reporters how the suspect acknowledged breaking out of jail and then asked for a beer.

The customer says he was so impressed he bought a beer for Bonner, who didn’t get to enjoy it before police arrested him. Again.

Source: WPXI-TV, http://www.wpxi.com

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The Bubble Gun Brat

A 5-year-old kindergartener is headed back to class in central Pennsylvania after being suspended for comments she made to another girl about a pink toy gun that blows soapy bubbles.

Officials say the girl, whose name has not been released, told one of her classmates in the Mount Carmel Area School District she was going to shoot her with a Hello Kitty pink bubble gun machine earlier this year. She was later suspended 10 days, but the discipline was reduced to two.

The Patriot-News reports Robin Ficker, an attorney representing the family, says the girl will return to class at Mount Carmel Elementary School. Ficker has said the girl didn’t even have the bubble gun with her and has never fired a real gun.

Source: The Patriot-News, http://www.pennlive.com/patriotnews

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