Irish tourist charged with stealing cannoli at knifepoint in Boston

Bovas' Bakery should use this as a marketing tool: "Our cannoli are so good that people will travel thousands of miles and risk jail for one!" Caio, baby.

"Naionan mor" o Chonndae Chill Dara 25 bliain d'aois ar lorg na milseain i mBoston! A big 25 year-old "infant" from County Cill Dara "in pursuit" of sweets in Boston! LOL!

This story has a yummy feeling of something gone sugary wrong.

"Leave the gun take the cannoli" Clemenza, The Godfather

Naw, just a case of bad eyesight,he mistook the cannoli for breakfast rolls,people have been known to take extreme measures to get hold of one,there's even a song about them.

He just got off the plane? Drunk as a newt for sure and figuring, if caught, he'd show genuine remorse, offer to pay for the cannolli, tell the judge about the abusive childhood he had that caused him to become a druggie and alcoholic. Then, like in an Irish courtroom he'd just get the "probation act" and ordered to be a good lad and enjoy his holiday.

Gregshox--your attempt at humor is stupid. Looks like you don't even know what a cannolo is.

This is such a bizarre story. He either lost his mind or someone must have gotten this story wrong.

Somethings not right about this story.What was his motivation?He was on holiday,had just arrived and presumably had plenty of money and no need to steal.Odd.

"Leave the knife, take the cannoli"

that was one expensive cannoli!

They called the police? The North End is officially nothing more than a tourist stop. In the old days, this knucklehead would have been lucky to have escaped with a beating.

Looks like he was on a roll but it went pasta joke.