"A Port-A-Potty Is Not a Good Place to Hide"

Johnny Snodgrass won't make that mistake again.

Snodgrass, 21, is a construction worker in Moundsville, West Virginia. Unfortunately for him, he may match the description of a man whose image was captured by security cameras in a store where an 89-year-old woman's purse was stolen, and in a nearby video poker establishment where her wallet was found, minus about $45. When the police arrived at the construction site where Snodgrass was working, he locked himself in the Port-A-Potty and refused to come out.

"A Port-A-Potty," said police Chief James Kudlak, "is not a good place to hide. There's only one way out." Snodgrass must have realized that, because after a short time, he opened the door and came out.

Snodgrass, who insists he is innocent, is being held on a $5,000 bond.

(WRAL-TV)