From The Town That Gave Us The Ira Yarmolenko Murder: Man arrested for 'thinking of a cheeseburger'

Commentary: If there was ever evidence of just how stupid, inane, incompetent and apathetic the Gaston cops were (as if you needed  more proof), this has got to be it..............




A homeless Gastonia man who allegedly hoisted a sign reading, “I’m thinking of a cheeseburger,” near an interstate off-ramp was charged with violating the city begging ordinance.

Michael Francis McLaughlin, 48, held the cardboard sign on the 500 block of Cox Road near I-85 Friday evening, Gastonia Police Officer J.K. Sarratt wrote on a misdemeanor criminal citation.

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