The Smoking Gun

An amusing website that scours public crime records for odd or dramatic crimes. This one was forwarded to us along with a comment wondering if this would be more appropriately handled by social workers rather than the police:

• Domestic disputes that require police intervention are never a laughing matter.

  Unless, of course, two siblings are threatening to kill each other over “who ate the last sticky bun.”

  Police responded Monday afternoon to a Williamsport, Pennsylvania residence to handle “a domestic in progress, no weapons, no intoxication,” according to dispatch audio.

  Officers were told the confrontation “is between siblings over who ate the last sticky bun. Now they’re threatening to kill each other.”

(Keesing Bandit warning)

Homemade sticky buns are awesome. Our grandmothers and great grandmothers had recipes that have (unfortunately) been lost to history with their passing. The sticky buns in question for this case appear to be mass produced items.

But the question posed by our emailer is legit - no weapons, no intoxication. Are police even needed for verbal threats that aren't going to be prosecuted?