Charged for charging: Electric car owner arrested for theft of services (Video)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 12/04/2013 07:07 AM [ Comments ]
A Georgia man was arrested after he was spotted by a police officer charging his Nissan Leaf at his son's middle school. Kaveh Kamooneh used an outside plug for less than 20 minutes to boost up his car while he was waiting to pick up his son - the total estimated cost: 5 whole cents.
According to 11Alive, the police officer said "he was going to charge me with theft by taking because I was taking power, electricity from the school," Kamooneh said. Kamooneh says he had charged his car for twenty minutes, drawing about a nickel's worth of juice. Don Francis of Clean Cities Atlanta, an electric vehicle advocacy group, says the estimate of five cents is accurate.
Kamooneh was not arrested on the spot, police arrived at his house a full 11 days later with an arrest warrant and took him into custody.
"I'm not sure how much electricity he stole," said Chamblee police Sergeant Ernesto Ford, but he added: It doesn't matter. "He broke the law. He stole something that wasn't his." Ford added that "a theft is a theft," and given the same circumstances he would make the arrest again.
Kamooneh was not arrested on the spot, police arrived at his house a full 11 days later with an arrest warrant and took him into custody.
"I'm not sure how much electricity he stole," said Chamblee police Sergeant Ernesto Ford, but he added: It doesn't matter. "He broke the law. He stole something that wasn't his." Ford added that "a theft is a theft," and given the same circumstances he would make the arrest again.
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