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Gunpoint Arrest Over MP3 Player
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2-18-2008 5:19 PM
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7243299.stm"><B>A man was arrested at gunpoint after his MP3 player was mistaken for a gun.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7243299.stm"><FONT size="2">Mechanic Darren Nixon, 28, was on a bus when he was tailed by three police cars before being confronted in the street, yards from his home in Stoke-on-Trent. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/7243299.stm"><FONT size="2">A member of the public had seen Mr Nixon change tracks on his MP3 player, thinking it was a gun, and told police who tracked him on CCTV. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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