Watsonville man arrested for concealed sword after he complains his lottery tickets aren't winners

[KamaAina]

http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_15168803

A man arguing with a store clerk over lottery tickets was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon Tuesday morning after he showed an officer a sword concealed in his trench coat, Watsonville police reported.

Watsonville resident Laurence Roscoe Gregory, 65, was fighting with the clerk because he believed his tickets were winners, when in fact they were not, according to Sgt. Saul Gonzalez. The officer talked with Gregory outside the store, located on the 100 block of East Lake Avenue, around 8 a.m. and explained that Gregory hadn't won.

Then the officer asked Gregory, who was wearing "bulky" clothing, if he had any weapons on him and Gregory revealed the 3- to 4-foot-long sword under his coat. He told the officer the sword was part of his attire, Gonzalez said.

No one had been threatened or hurt with the sword, but Gregory was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dangerous weapon, police reported.

The strange thing is, Watsonville isn't even a particularly weird place by California standards. It plaes in comparison, for instance, with Santa Cruz, next door.