Cops: Alleged shoplifter pulls fire alarm in cell

[June 03, 2009]  BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- Police said a Pennsylvania man arrested on a shoplifting charge pulled a fire alarm in a holding cell, setting off the police station's sprinkler system.

The 18-year-old man was arrested Friday by Colonial Regional police and accused of stealing merchandise worth $275 from a Wal-Mart store in Lower Nazareth Township.

Police said he resisted arrest and had to be shocked with a Taser to be brought under control.

The man was charged with retail theft, resisting arrest, institutional vandalism and tampering with a fire apparatus.

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Information from: The Express-Times, http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/

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