This Week in Crime: Maybe he just didn't see the 'no talking' sign

Just catching up on a couple of fun incidents that took place over the past couple of weeks:

BOWMAN TOWNE DR., 11900 block, 10:53 a.m. April 23. A man walked into a library, displayed a handgun and shouted at two people. He left and dumped garbage out of a trash can. A 29-year-old Herndon man was charged with brandishing a firearm, disorderly conduct and littering.

Aside from the handgun, he doesn't sound that much more rude than the average patron of the book sale that took place around the same time. You haven't lived until you've been body-checked by someone carrying three times their (considerable) weight in books while squeezing through an aisle with the approximate legroom of an airline seat.

But we digress. Onward:

SOUTH LAKES DR., 11900 block, 11:25 p.m. April 24. Four male pedestrians became angry with a male acquaintance who was riding a bicycle. When he tried to ride away, they pulled him from the bike and assaulted him, then fled. Police found them nearby. Three Reston men, ages 38, 28 and 37, and a 20-year-old man of no fixed address were charged with malicious wounding by mob.

Rule of thumb: When confronted by an angry mob, don't stop the bike. Nothing good can come of it.