Bananas. Their not just for breakfast anymore.

WINSTON-SALEM,
N.C. — Authorities say a North Carolina teen who was thwarted as he
tried to rob a store with a banana ate it before they could arrive.








Winston-Salem
authorities say 17-year-old John Szwalla held the banana under his
shirt when he entered the store Thursday, saying he had a gun and
demanded money.




Owner Bobby Ray Mabe says
he and a customer jumped Szwalla, holding him until deputies arrived.
While they waited, Mabe says the teen ate the banana.




Mabe says deputies took pictures of the banana peel.




Forsyth County Sheriff's office spokesman Maj. Brad Stanley says deputies joked about charging Szwalla with destroying evidence.




Szwalla faces a charge of attempted armed robbery. Jail officials say he doesn't have an attorney.

Thats what you get when you get to monkeying around.