Weston police issue snowballs warning after arrests (BBC News)

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[Brucey]

Police in Weston-super-Mare have warned of the dangers of throwing snowballs following a number of injuries and arrests in the town.

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with a public order offence after snowballs were thrown from a multi-storey car park into a busy street.

Another man was arrested on suspicion of affray after an attack on someone who threw a snowball at his head.

And a woman suffered concussion when a snowball hit her on the head.
'Mostly ice'

Avon and Somerset Police said the 17-year-old boy would appear before a youth court in North Somerset on 12 January charged with causing harassment, alarm or distress.

A spokesman said the woman who was hit on the head on Wednesday had since been released from hospital.

He said the snowball was thrown by youths from a passing car and was mostly ice, and so was very hard.

"We are in the process of trying to track them down using CCTV^▸ (Closed Circuit Tele-Vision)," he added.

The man arrested on suspicion of affray has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

Sgt Pete Land, from Weston's town centre team, said: "We want everyone to have a great time this Christmas and hopefully we might finally get a white Christmas.

"However, please remember that sometimes being hit by a snowball is generally not that well received.

"It is an offence to throw objects or missiles on to or across a highway, whether you are in the street or on or in a building, or even a motor vehicle."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-12067674

You've been warned

[Phil]

"It is an offence to throw objects or missiles on to or across a highway, whether you are in the street or on or in a building, or even a motor vehicle."

And yet when I reported some young tw*ts scallywags who pelted my wife's car with snowballs in Melksham causing her to swerve and nearly lose control earlier this week, the police - or more likely the bored and underpaid clerk manning the phone - sighed and said "I know, it's happening all the time. There's nothing we can do about it really" and didn't even bother taking details of where the incident took place.

[johoare]

Last Friday, the last day of the school term, i was picking my son up from school and had a snowball hit the side window of my car just by my right ear.. I was already struggling to control the car as the conditions were so bad..so to have that happen made it even worse..

I have emailed the school.. not to get anyone in trouble.. but to ask them, next term, when they are all back, to tell all their lovely pupils how dangerous that could be and not to do it again..

I'll see if they do it or not.. But I had to because if next time it snows, some car driver loses control because of that and runs lots of children over.. I'd feel very bad I hadn't complained..

Meanwhile I still regret not getting out the car and shouting at him