From Huffington Post...
Dale Peterson, an Alabama repugican state official
famous for flaunting his rifle in campaign ads promising to be tough on
crime, was arrested Wednesday and charged with shoplifting a can of
cashews. The arrest, first reported by Yellowhammer.com, marked the
second time in six months that Peterson has been accused of stealing.
His
new arrest occurred at a Sam's Club, where police said employees
watched Peterson eat a can of cashews in the store, then place the empty
can back on a shelf. Store security guards confronted Peterson on his
way out. He was released from custody after posting $1,000 bond.
Peterson
was charged in October with stealing paper towels and beer from a
Walmart. Employees said he pushed his way through the checkout line
without paying for the items in his cart, according to police. Peterson
later said the incident was "a mistake."
Peterson's arrests are
noteworthy in part because he made national news in 2010 for his
tough-talking stance on crime during an unsuccessful run for Alabama
agriculture commissioner. In a campaign ad that quickly went viral,
Peterson suggested his opponents were "thugs and criminals," and accused
them of "stealing yard signs in the dark," and "bragging about
receiving illegal money on Facebook."
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