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Rebel Alliance Cops Arrest Stormtrooper Outside of School

By Andrew Liptak Published June 6, 2015, 6:27 am ET

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This is why you leave the Empire’s public outreach to the professionals. Earlier this week, police arrested a man dressed in an Imperial Stormtrooper costume outside of Brickett Elementary School in Lynn, Massachusetts.

According to WHDH 7 News, The man triggered a lock-down of the school when school officials saw that he carried a prop gun and call 911. The man, George Cross, was charged with loitering and was arraigned on Thursday.

Photo Credit: LynnHappens.com / Alex Zayas

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