Crime & Safety
Banana Suit Teen From Montco Charged In Philly Car Meetup Violence
Police said the 18-year-old wore a banana suit to an illegal car meetup and threw a traffic cone through the windshield of a patrol car.
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, PA — A Montgomery County man who wore a banana suit during a violent and illegal car meetup in Philadelphia in September was arrested Wednesday, according to police and media reports.
Authorities said they took Shane Thomas, 18, into custody at his parent's home in Plymouth Township.
It is not clear why Thomas was wearing the banana costume during the September meetup. Numerous photos from the scene of his arrest Wednesday showed him in a Barstool Sports sweatshirt.
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Thomas was charged with aggravated assault after he threw a traffic cone through the window of a police vehicle and jumping on multiple other vehicles, according to authorities.
CBS News reports he also threw an "explosive" device at the tire of another police vehicle.
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Investigators said they've already arrested numerous individuals connected with the meetup, which occurred in Philadelphia's Spring Garden neighborhood, by scouring social media. It's also how they found Thomas, whose banana suit gave him away, 6ABC reports.
A preliminary hearing for Thomas is forthcoming.
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