Flying Burrito: Felony or Prank?

A South Carolina teenager has been charged with felony throwing a missile at a moving vehicle. The missile? A burrito.

Police said that on Saturday the 15-year-old teen visiting Hernando Beach, Fla. was in a car with others when he threw a burrito at a car. The Smoking Gun Web site posted the police report and mug shot from the arrest.

John Addie, 46, told police that while he was stopped to make a turn, an object, possibly a bottle, struck his windshield and then a burrito flew through the driver's side window and struck him, reported The St. Petersburg Times . Addie could not catch up with the passengers in the white Dodge whom he said threw the objects, but did get the plate number and reported it to the police.

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office report states that the responding officer observed the contents of a burrito on Addie and on the driver's seat of his car. The report also states that there was a chip in the windshield of the car. Addie was not injured in the incident.

Authorities tracked down the vehicle and the teen-aged owner, who said that one of his friends threw the burrito as a prank. Police then tracked down the 15-year-old at a bowling alley. The teen admitted to tossing the projectile and was taken to the Hernando County Jail before being transported to the juvenile detention center in Ocala. It is not clear whether he is still being held.

Earlier this month two teenage boys in Australia allegedly threw sweets from the median strip of the freeway at passing cars, reported ABC Online . Several cars were damaged, but the boys will likely only receive a warning about the offense.

In another car incident involving a burrito, according to KUSA-TV , a driver in Denver said he was distracted by a burrito he purchased at 7-Eleven, when he swerved across lanes of traffic, drove through a 10-foot fence, soared off a retaining wall and finally crashed in an apartment building.