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| Teenage girl cautioned for jumping in front of car in clown suit | |
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| A 17-year-old girl who dressed up as a clown and jumped in front of a car has been handed a police caution. | A 17-year-old girl who dressed up as a clown and jumped in front of a car has been handed a police caution. |
| West Mercia police said the teenager was given a formal warning for engaging in disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. | West Mercia police said the teenager was given a formal warning for engaging in disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. |
| The force’s Brookside Safer Neighbourhood team tweeted a picture of the girl’s white clown suit and red-nosed mask after she was arrested in Telford, Shropshire at around 8.45pm on Thursday. | The force’s Brookside Safer Neighbourhood team tweeted a picture of the girl’s white clown suit and red-nosed mask after she was arrested in Telford, Shropshire at around 8.45pm on Thursday. |
| Brookside SNT Officers busy, they've arrested a Clown for Public Order Offences in Madeley #not funny pic.twitter.com/W2Gdys8FXf | Brookside SNT Officers busy, they've arrested a Clown for Public Order Offences in Madeley #not funny pic.twitter.com/W2Gdys8FXf |
| A police spokesman said: “Whilst dressing up as a clown is not an offence, any attempts to deliberately harass, alarm or distress somebody is a public order offence that could result in arrest or a fixed penalty notice. | A police spokesman said: “Whilst dressing up as a clown is not an offence, any attempts to deliberately harass, alarm or distress somebody is a public order offence that could result in arrest or a fixed penalty notice. |
| “Officers will be continuing to conduct reassurance patrols across the area to help keep communities safe from harm and will treat any attempts to intimidate people seriously.” | “Officers will be continuing to conduct reassurance patrols across the area to help keep communities safe from harm and will treat any attempts to intimidate people seriously.” |