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Trapped In Vent, Museum Burglar Calls Police
Man Tells Police 'He's A Special Agent'
It wasn't the preferred way to enter the Knoxville Museum of Art, but Richard Anthony Smith told police he was on a mission.
The 25-year-old Knoxville man called 911 from his cell phone before dawn Wednesday saying he was trapped in an air-conditioning duct leading from the museum roof, Knoxville police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said.
Police and firefighters reached the roof, found a rope and cable and followed them to a vent shaft. Peering inside, they spotted Smith about 45 feet down.
"Mission failed," he told them.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported a 911 operator got the call from the 25-year-old Smith before dawn Wednesday, saying he was stuck and needed help.
Police called on the fire department to lift officers to the roof, where they rescued Smith from the vent and restrained him, charging him with burglary.
Smith told police he was a "special agent from the United States Illuminati, badge number 0931" and had rappelled onto the museum from a helicopter, a police report said.
He said he was following orders to "defuse and confiscate" a Soviet-made nuclear warhead, specifically a "MERV6SS-22AN" warhead, according to the report.
Man Tells Police 'He's A Special Agent'
It wasn't the preferred way to enter the Knoxville Museum of Art, but Richard Anthony Smith told police he was on a mission.
The 25-year-old Knoxville man called 911 from his cell phone before dawn Wednesday saying he was trapped in an air-conditioning duct leading from the museum roof, Knoxville police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said.
Police and firefighters reached the roof, found a rope and cable and followed them to a vent shaft. Peering inside, they spotted Smith about 45 feet down.
"Mission failed," he told them.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reported a 911 operator got the call from the 25-year-old Smith before dawn Wednesday, saying he was stuck and needed help.
Police called on the fire department to lift officers to the roof, where they rescued Smith from the vent and restrained him, charging him with burglary.
Smith told police he was a "special agent from the United States Illuminati, badge number 0931" and had rappelled onto the museum from a helicopter, a police report said.
He said he was following orders to "defuse and confiscate" a Soviet-made nuclear warhead, specifically a "MERV6SS-22AN" warhead, according to the report.
Once Knoxville goes up in a mushroom cloud, those cops will be sorry they didn't believe him.
(We just appear to be gay.)
I would suspect that there never was such a warhead.
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