Police arrested a Georgia man for using a local middle school's power to charge his electric car while his son received tennis lessons, according to ABC News.
Kaveh Kamooneh, 50, admitted to charging his Nissan Leaf "multiple times" on the school's property but said he didn't know he wasn't allowed to.
The value of electricity used while charging is believed to be around five cents.
"I'm waiting for them to arrest water drinkers and cell phone chargers," said Kamooneh, an investment advisor, according to ABC News.
Kamooneh's son received tennis lessons for five weeks at the school, according to ABC News. During a lesson last month, the tennis instructor told Kamooneh that he saw someone in his car that was parked about 35-feet away.
Once Kamooneh arrived, he saw a police officer inside his car, with one foot outside.
"I wasn't sure what was going on. I asked him why he was in my car. He was very uninterested in answering my question," Kamooneh said. "I asked him at least one more time."
The Leaf owner noticed his vehicle was unplugged and the charger was on the ground. The officer asked for Kamooneh's driver's license, he was told his car was "abandoned on public property."
"I asked him why his vehicle was plugged into the power at the school. He told me that was an excepted practice and that I was making to much of it. I asked him if he has asked the Dekalb County school system if he could take the power. He told me that I did not ask if my patrol car can dirty the air -- did you? He says 'No you did not'," the officer wrote in a police report.
The Chamblee Middle School provided a statement regarding the incident:
"On Sat., Nov. 2, 2013 a local citizen contacted the Chamblee Police Department with a complaint that an electric car was plugged into the power outlet of Chamblee Middle School. The Chamblee Police investigated the allegation and subsequently arrested the owner of the electric car. The DeKalb County School District has cooperated in the investigation and will continue to do so."
Kamooneh doesn't live in Chamblee, so the case was given to the Dekalb County Sheriff's department.
Kamooneh was arrested at his home on a warrant for misdemeanor theft. He spent approximately 14.5 hours at the police station because his fingerprints were being processed, according to ABC News. He was released the following day on $150 bail.
"Bottom line, if he had just said, 'Sorry I can just unplug,' there wouldn't have been a report," Marc Johnson, police chief and city manager of Chamblee, said.
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