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Accused Goose
Bandit Charged with Menacing Raccoon
Copyright 1997 Reuters Limited.
May 12, 1997
TORONTO (Reuter) -- A Toronto man arrested for using a goose as a
tool to extort money from customers at a donut shop has again
been charged - this time, police said, for threatening to kill a
racoon.
Peter Lerat, 33, was arrested on Sunday in connection with an
incident during which he allegedly threatened to hit a
two-month-old raccoon on the head with a rock if Toronto
pedestrians did not give him C$50 ($36), police said. The threat
unraveled when police arrived and the racoon escaped.
Lerat had previously been arrested after a man walked into a
Toronto donut shop on April 24 carrying a Canada goose and
threatened to break the creature's neck unless someone gave him
cash.
That time, the man let the goose go after a customer handed him
an undisclosed amount of money.
Lerat tried to make his first court appearance stark naked on
Monday after being charged with extortion and assault for
allegedly spitting at a police officer.
"Apparently he left here with his clothes, but he refused to
put them on," said police officer Bruce Kane.
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Updated 21 May 1997