Mr. Universe arrested for assault

by Actual News Geezer | April 3, 2007 at 05:46 am

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Redwood City is a fairly quiet community somewhat south of San Francisco and is prone to gray skiesgenerally well-behaved police officers. But last night - just having read a story at Yahoo News - the cops were far from quiet as they maced and wrestled down the reigning Mr. Universe.

Mr. Universe - 43- year old Doug Burns - is a serious diabetic. He was at a movie theatre when his blood sugar dropped precipitously. As you know, diabetics can die if they don't move fast enough to correct this situation, and Burns was apparently moving fast and one thing lead to another before the local cops had maced him and charged him with assault.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The reigning Mr. Universe faces assault and resisting arrest charges following a run-in with police who mistakenly believed the diabetic bodybuilder was intoxicated.

Doug Burns, 43, was sprayed with Mace and wrestled to the ground by officers who were summoned to a movie theater Sunday night by a security guard, authorities said.

Burns, who was trying a new diabetes drug that night, said Monday he was preparing to see a film when he felt dizziness and poor vision — a sign of low blood sugar — and hurried to a snack counter.