A man walking around Lynn, Massachusetts, showing off his stormtrooper outfit was arrested after he unintentionally caused a nearby school to briefly lock down over security fears.
The principal of the Brickett Elementary School was about to dismiss classes for the day when she spotted a man in a costume carrying what appeared to be a gun near the school grounds.
George Cross, 40, "was arrested on charges of disturbing a school and loitering within 1,000 feet of a school," according to Salem News.
The principal suspected the gun was plastic, but as Lynn Police spokesman Lt. Rick Donnelly explained, "the way things are today, you can't have that."
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The principal of the Brickett Elementary School was about to dismiss classes for the day when she spotted a man in a costume carrying what appeared to be a gun near the school grounds.
George Cross, 40, "was arrested on charges of disturbing a school and loitering within 1,000 feet of a school," according to Salem News.
The principal suspected the gun was plastic, but as Lynn Police spokesman Lt. Rick Donnelly explained, "the way things are today, you can't have that."
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