Florida Man's Fake Gun Tattoo On Chest Leads Cops To 2 Hour Standoff

[Initech]

NORRIDGEWOCK — Michael Smith went outside shirtless after being awakened Tuesday morning, yelling at a tree removal company to get off his property.

The workers thought they saw a gun in his waistband and called police.

Smith, who’d gone back to bed, was awakened again minutes later — this time by Maine State Police at his front door, backed up by a group of troopers with assault rifles in his driveway. They were asking him via a megaphone to come out of his house.

Smith did have a gun. It was tattooed on his stomach.

No charges will be filed against Smith, but police said they always take reports of a gun or threat seriously. Several police standoffs with armed men have occurred in central Maine in recent years, some of them deadly.

http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/Norridgewock_man_with_gun_tattoo_wakes_up_to_armed_police_.html

[eShirl]

1. his chest must have fallen

[Victor_c3]

2. My first thought is "I want one of those tattoos too!" n/t