14 DAY TRIAL // One can only assume that, after being arrested and put behind bars, your average Joe and Jane would be on their best behavior, looking not to cause any more disturbances and land themselves in even greater trouble.
As it turns out, 29-year-old Michael Harp, who now lives in Kentucky, US, is anything but average. On the contrary, he is a prankster through and through and will stop at nothing when it comes to poking fun at people.
Long story short, media reports say that, shortly after being taken into custody by police officers in the aforementioned state, this man decided to prank them and had pizza delivered to the station where he was incarcerated.
According to Gawker, police officers suspect the 29-year-old Kentucky man placed his Domino's pizza order at the time when he was allowed to use his mobile phone to call a member of his family or maybe a friend and ask for help.
As if ordering pizza to a precinct without first asking to see who wants pepperoni and who wants extra cheese is not a big enough a mistake on its own, word has it Michael Harp did not even place the order in his name.
On the contrary, the man reportedly had the pizza delivered to his arresting officer, Captain Coy Wilson. It was only after the pizza arrived and Michael Harp's cell phone number was tracked down that officers figured out what had happened.
Under any other circumstances, having pizza delivered to somebody's home or office would be a story of hope and happiness, at least for the lucky gentleman or lady getting the delicious treat. However, this was not the case with Michael Harp and Coy Wilson.
Thus, it appears that shortly after figuring out whom he needed to thank for the unexpected and totally uncalled-for meal, the Captain charged the prankster with theft by deception, identity theft and impersonating an officer. Whether or not the pizza was paid for and eaten nonetheless is still a mystery.
Interestingly enough, 29-year-old Michael Harp claims that he did absolutely nothing wrong, and that he was not the one to call Domino's and place a pizza order in Captain Coy Wilson's name. “I'm wrongfully accused on this here,” he maintains.
Furthermore, “They've charged me with two felonies over this pizza deal because I had my phone inside the holding cell. There was about 10 people who probably used the phone, so it's hard to say. Like I said, I never heard anyone say a word about Domino's pizzas. Any of it.”
In case anyone was wondering, what got Michael Harp in trouble with the law in the first place was the fact that, earlier this week, he and a friend of his stole several beers from a local convenience store.