[BlogEntry] Cops Arrest Lifesize Lara Croft Cutout (and then keep her??)

Too good to pass up is this story about the police breaking into someone's house because they saw the silhouette of an armed figure in the window. The problem was that the silhouette was a lifesized cutout of videogame heroine Lara Croft that the homeowner, a videogame store employee, had taken home to sell on ebay.

The figure remains "impounded as evidence". The homeowner , who is apparently waiting to find out if he'll be charged with anything (ummm…like what?) is trying to decide whether to sue for wrongful arrest. Personally I think it's silly but I'm not really sure that he has to go running for the lawyers. The story does NOT take place in the United States, so he may not overreact.