At least it was BBQ sauce. Ketchup would have been a little too weird.

An Appleton couple was awakened in the wee hours of the morning Wednesday to the sound of a burglar whistling in their basement.

Then events really got strange: The man was discovered wearing the couple’s clothes and covered with barbecue sauce.

The homeowner grabbed an unloaded shotgun, confronted the intruder and ordered him upstairs, where he held him at gunpoint until police arrived, according to the criminal complaint.

Aaron M. Maurice, 35, 300 E. Fremont St., was wearing the woman’s jacket and the man’s hat and explained “he was in the military and that someone had tipped off the FBI that (he) was providing secrets to the terrorists.”

He told the police that the barbecue sauce, taken from the couple’s refrigerator, was “an urban disguise, if you will.”




  1. “Providing secrets to terrorists”
    Saved by the bell – yet again
    Sounds like another homeland security – we saved America again…….

  2. Freyar says:

    That is just too weird to make a coherent comment about it.

  3. JPV says:

    Tweaker…

  4. Les says:

    Come this way sir, to your debriefing. And please, try this new white coat that we have for you. You’re accommodations are quite nice, with a good soft padding.

  5. deowll says:

    The don’t allow the use of the jackets any more. Of course handcuffs aren’ that much of an improvement if you ask me.

    It does sound like this person might have problems on wants people to think he has problems because he has problems if you get my drift.

  6. ArianeB says:

    Was he really in the military? That would unfortunately explain a lot.

    Good thing this happened in Wisconsin. In the Arizona sun he would have been all moist and tender by the time the police arrived.

  7. Mister Ketchup says:

    He should have used Mustard.

  8. #7 – Catsup

    >>He should have used Mustard.

    Whatever the problem, Mustard can solve it. Regular yellow, Dijon, honey, wholegrain, English, French, Chinese; there’s a Mustard that will cure whatever ails you.

    It should come as no surprise that Mustard is the most versatile condiment on God’s green earth.

    It even goes well on SPAM.

    O SPAM! O glorious, gelatinous mass!
    Let heaven and earth resound with thy praise!
    Marbled compote of nose, lips, and ass,
    Fried, baked, or raw, served with mayonnaise.
    Jonathan Black cannot squelch thy appeal,
    Though cubical carcass decay and congeal.
    Disturbing haiku by this foul man abounds;
    Still, sputtering SPAM is the sweetest of sounds.
    Eat it today, or wait till next year–
    It’s prepared with calcium propionate.
    The process of spoilage this serves to abate,
    Though effects on the diner remain most unclear.
    John Cho, and Booda, and Fishel agree:
    SPAM’s appeal, the Eternal Mystery.

  9. julieb says:

    My guess is that he is schizophrenic and watches the news too much. He’s lucky he didn’t get shot.

  10. green says:

    Hmmm. I guess the brainwashing doesnt always produce a DC sniper. Someone in a military lab coat just lost their job.

  11. Cap'nKangaroo says:

    did he want to be disguised as a rack of ribs?

  12. Barovelli says:

    Not so fast – BBQ Sauce did this perpetrator in:

    From The Salinas Californian
    At 12:46 p.m. today, Monterey police found the vehicle that drove through the new Trader Joe’s overnight and caused major damage to the store.

    Police said they arrested the driver, Geoffrey David Langkamp, 28, of Carmel, on suspicion of felony vandalism and burglary and booked him on $20,000 bail. His passenger was questioned and released.

    As they neared the vehicle, they saw damage consistent with the type that the suspect vehicle would have received. A closer inspection turned up glass fragments on the roof from the business doors and barbecue sauce in the wheel and door wells, consistent with damage done to merchandise inside the store.

  13. The Alfer says:

    “The homeowner grabbed an unloaded shotgun, confronted the intruder and ordered him upstairs, where he held him at gunpoint until police arrived, according to the criminal complaint.”

    Too bad it wasn’t it wasn’t Hannibal Lectors house, can you say barbeque?

  14. Usagi says:

    Lucky for him they didn’t own a dog!


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