Police believe Kohnert — fully costumed in the yellow banana costume — exposed himself to a woman at the Port Angeles Wendy’s restaurant and drove through Four Seasons Ranch brandishing a shotgun.
Anthony Marks Maybury, 21, was arrested for investigation of reckless endangerment.
An 18-year-old woman was in the car with them, but Pieper did not name her because she was not arrested nor is she thought to be involved in any crimes.
“The banana costume has been seized and put into evidence,” Pieper said.
“[Kohnert] couldn’t really tell us why he was in the costume.
“All we know is he was drinking earlier in the day, but he didn’t really have a reason for the costume.”
The Port Angeles Police Department received the first report about a costumed man at about 6 p.m., after he was seen at Wendy’s, Pieper said.
After leaving Wendy’s in a Dodge Stratus, Kohnert — the costumed man — and Maybury drove to Saar’s Market on U.S. Highway 101 on the east side of Port Angeles, Pieper said.
“They then were called in for a car doing a burnout — in other words pulling 360s in the Saar’s Market parking lot,” Pieper said.
“They did not, it appears, get out at Saar’s, though.”
After leaving Port Angeles, the group made a stop at Four Seasons Ranch, where Kohnert — still dressed in the banana costume — got out, brandished a shotgun and began yelling, Pieper said.
“We believe he was yelling something or other about white supremacy,” Pieper said.
“Deputies arrest man in banana costume with shotgun” by Paige Dickerson, Peninsula Daily News 8-20-10
Only two letters’ difference between “plantain” and “plantation”.
Just sayin’.
Have fun and cuídate.