Sunday, August 26, 2007
Couple arrested as terrorists for sprinking flour in parking lot
Beer runners' trail a recipe for trouble
Pair arrested after marking a powdery path through IKEA parking lot
The Associated Press
Updated: 6:56 p.m. MT Aug 25, 2007
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Two people who sprinkled flour in a parking lot to mark a trail for their offbeat running club inadvertently caused a bioterrorism scare and now face a felony charge.
The sprinkled powder forced hundreds to evacuate an IKEA furniture store Thursday.
New Haven ophthalmologist Daniel Salchow, 36, and his sister, Dorothee, 31, who is visiting from Hamburg, Germany, were both charged with first-degree breach of peace, a felony.
The siblings set off the scare while organizing a run for a local chapter of the Hash House Harriers, a worldwide group that bills itself as a “drinking club with a running problem.â€
