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<DIV id=storyHeadline>Grandma arrested over missing ball</DIV><DIV class=KonaBody id=storyBody>HEANOR, England, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A 56-year-old British grandmother was arrested, fingerprinted and even forced to give a DNA sample for failing to return a neighbor's <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; POSITION: static">soccer </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; POSITION: static">ball</SPAN>.
The neighbor, Christopher Salisbury, called Derbyshire police last summer and reported Angela Hickling refused to give back his <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; POSITION: static; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">football</SPAN> after it landed in her Heanor garden, the Times of London reported Friday.
After a search of Hickling's home and surrounding property failed to turn up the ball, she was hauled to the police station where she was questioned for an hour and a half, the newspaper said.
The case was dropped because of a lack of evidence and Hickling filed a complaint with the department against the officer who arrested her.
Although she was notified Thursday that the officer was reprimanded, Hickling told the Times she was disappointed he received only a "slap on the wrist" and said she would take her case to a higher authority.
At the very least, she said, she deserved an apology for what she termed "a farce" and a waste of police time.</DIV>
The neighbor, Christopher Salisbury, called Derbyshire police last summer and reported Angela Hickling refused to give back his <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; POSITION: static; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">football</SPAN> after it landed in her Heanor garden, the Times of London reported Friday.
After a search of Hickling's home and surrounding property failed to turn up the ball, she was hauled to the police station where she was questioned for an hour and a half, the newspaper said.
The case was dropped because of a lack of evidence and Hickling filed a complaint with the department against the officer who arrested her.
Although she was notified Thursday that the officer was reprimanded, Hickling told the Times she was disappointed he received only a "slap on the wrist" and said she would take her case to a higher authority.
At the very least, she said, she deserved an apology for what she termed "a farce" and a waste of police time.</DIV>