Battery life for our various gadgets pretty well sucks and keeping an eye out for handy power outlets for a quick juice up is becoming a practiced art but you might want to be careful where you plug in that recharging cord because you could end up[ finding yourself under arrest.

This is what happened to 23-year-old homeless Shawn Fawster when he was found by Bangor police powering up a couple of cellphones using an outdoor outlet.

Police have brought charges against a homeless man in Maine who they say decided to charge a couple of cellphones in an outdoor electrical outlet.A Bangor police officer checking downtown businesses says he discovered 23-year-old Shaun Fawster charging his phones in an outlet hidden behind some flowers. Fawster was charged last weekend with theft of services, but also with carrying a concealed weapon, after the officer claimed he found a folding knife tucked underneath the homeless man’s shirt. via CBS News

All that for what probably amounts to less than 25¢ worth of electricity. Way to go Bangor.

h/t TechnoBuffalo