is that a banana in your pants or....

**rudutch** · 10-30-2009, 05:07 AM

Oct 29, 8:19 PM (ET)

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - It's one thing for shoplifters to hide plunder in their pants. But a live ferret? Police said a homeless man in north Florida did just that. And he made it out the door before being challenged. Rodney Bolton, 38, was charged with theft over the $129 animal that police say he took from a pet store in Jacksonville Beach.

A 17-year-old witness confronted Bolton in the parking lot and was bitten by the animal after the man allegedly shoved it in the teen's face.

That confrontation makes the ferret a "special weapon" under Florida law. So Bolton also faces battery charges for dangerously wielding the animal.

Calls to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Department to see if Bolton has a lawyer were not answered early Thursday.

**curtisstetka** · 10-30-2009, 06:35 AM

What was the guy intending to do with the ferret??? Eat it? Brandish it in kids' faces?

**elicross** · 10-30-2009, 10:47 AM

I wonder if he had a permit to carry a concealed ferret.

**refin** · 10-30-2009, 03:01 PM

Truth is stranger than fiction..........indeed.

**Gris** · 10-30-2009, 05:32 PM

happened right down the street from me. Was a crazy homeless guy.

**Direstraits** · 11-01-2009, 03:08 AM

Putting ferrets down your trousers is (apparently) an accepted practice in Yorkshire ! Possibly their preferred method of transport?

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