INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The female suspect comes crashing spectacularly through the ceiling.Like a Charlie Chaplin film, modern-day surveillance videos can unspool
a story without making a sound.And in the case of an attempted criminal activity at a convenience store in Canada, footage from that
quite the tale.The bare facts of the case, as laid out by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, are as follows: On Monday afternoon, the owners
of the Spruce Grove Reddi Mart in Alberta called police after encountering a couple who had apparently tried to use stolen credit cards.An
officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived at the convenience store
In the video, the officer can be seen talking with the couple, before the male suspect shoves the female suspect toward the officer.An
honest-to-goodness melee ensues
The male suspect tries to run for the door, but is stopped by two forces: The officer, who somehow still has a hand on him, and another
person identified by CTV News as one of store owners.The male suspect and the officer have continued their cat-and-mouse chase with the
female suspect wandering through the store.Soon, the male suspect loses his white T-shirt in the struggle and runs back into the store
He darts into a backroom, through aisles of snacks and then encounters the officer again next to what appears to be a display of nuts and
Grabbing a couple pouches, the male suspect appears to briefly consider throwing them at the officer.While the male suspect and the officer
have continued their cat-and-mouse chase, the female suspect has been wandering through the store
She eventually slips into the same backroom that the male suspect ran through earlier
The woman climbs up a ladder, over some shelves and ascends into some unknown place, disappearing from the frame.The footage shifts back to
the male suspect, who at this point has been subdued by the officer.Then the video, perhaps oddly, turns to an empty section of the store
For nearly three full seconds, the camera focuses on a seemingly undisturbed aisle of motor oils, firewood, toys and auto accessories.The
male suspect loses his white T-shirt in the struggle and runs back into the store.The calmness is enough to make one wonder if the incident
And then, pieces of building material begin fluttering down.Soon, the female suspect comes crashing spectacularly through the ceiling."It
was scary," store owner Bhagwant Chauhan told CTV News Edmonton
"You're thinking the person is in the back but she's up in the roof
Thank god everybody is OK."The couple was arrested and identified as Richard Pariseau, 28, and Brittany Burke, 29, according to RCMP
Between them, the two face a variety of charges, including obstructing a police officer, assaulting a police officer and mischief.No one was
injured, police said.Footage of the incident has since gone viral, thanks in part to a widely shared version of the video published by Slate
that added "Yakety Sax" music to the background
But the real comedy comes from the video's remarkable original edit, which alternated perfectly between the male and female suspects'
scenes, conveying unintended slapstick with nary a sound
