Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now.

Note to all.

If you need to know the time, just buy a watch.

Don't steal one.

Christopher Lawrence caught shoplifting at a Maryland pennies.

Instead of going quietly, the 37-year-old barricades himself in the fitting room armed with a knife.

A SWAT team ultimately called in and deploys pepper balls in the changing room.

Nancy, after Lawrence locked himself in a dressing room, police evacuated the store

before spending nearly four hours trying to get Lawrence out.

Lawrence threatened officers with a knife all the while.

Pepper balls are frangible projectiles that are typically used in situations

where a suspect poses a threat and officers need to keep their distance.

The projectiles are filled with a powder with effects similar to pepper spray.

Lawrence, taken into custody, charged with first degree assault.

All over a wristwatch.

Bet he knows what time it is now.

Remember the commercial bus driver who ate THC infused gummies and passed out behind the

wheel?

There were 38 passengers on board. Genuan Chin 59 told the been assigned to a probation program. If he successfully completes two years of

probation, the 38 counts of reckless endangerment will be erased.

Hey, check your gummies next time.

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