Electric car owner arrested for ‘stealing’ 5 cents of power

Not since Arlo Guthrie found himself behind bars in the "Alice's Restaurant Masacree" has an alleged miscreant been locked up over so little: Demonstrating a shocking lack of common sense, police in Georgia recently arrested a man for "stealing" electricity from a school where he plugged his car in for 20 minutes during his son's tennis match.

Value of the allegedly stolen goods: 5 cents, according to one expert, though I'm sure your mileage may vary .... http://www.networkworld.com