Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Bizarre Crimes of the Week

Criminal Law

: Bizarre Crimes of the Week

Man Charged With ?Terrorism by Mice?

By Jack Huber

In suburban Philadelphia the competition among pizza parlors is like a rat race. And Nickolas Galiatsatos, owner of Nina's Bella Pizzeria -- perhaps lost in a maze of competitive fervor -- thought he knew a way to be the big cheese on the block. He decided to plant mice in the establishments of two of his biggest competitors. Mr. Galiatsatos crept into enemy territory with mouse-like silence. Well, actually he just walked in and casually asked to use the rest room. There he opened what police described as ?a bag of live mice.? Check out this surveillance footage of The Great Rodent Release, with narration by one of the victims. Upper Darby police Superintendent Michael Chitwood called it ?terrorism by mice.? He went on to point out the unique nature of the offense: ?I?ve never had to deal with mice as an instrument of crime before, but mice multiply...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on March 03, 2011 (boomark / email).