Balila does his best Bart
Simpson impression, “I didn’t do it!”
Boonlua Chatree
An Israeli man accused of stealing Addidas and Nike
sportswear from Big C Extra couldn’t outrun a police volunteer, who collared
him a few blocks away.
Or Balila, 22, was arrested after midnight Feb. 10
outside the 69 Club on Third Road carrying a Big C Extra bag containing 28
pairs of socks, Nike and Addidas shirts, and Addidas shorts.
Running shoes, however, might have served the accused
thief better, as he was spotted running out of the store, a security guard
screaming for help behind him. Pattaya Police Volunteer Vinai Sophan, 24,
gave pursuit, running more than three blocks before catching the winded
Hebrew.
Despite the luggage, Balila denied the theft charges and
police threw him into jail as they look more closely into his immigration
paperwork.
