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After a 58-year-old Pennsylvania man was stopped at the security checkpoint at a county courthouse, he handed over a large barbecue fork; the deputies then let him proceed. He went into a courtroom -- whether he had legal business in the courthouse, or was simply there on his own mission of mayhem, isn't clear -- where he threw a 13-inch butcher knife at a judge. The knife missed the jurist and "sank into the wall" near him.

Deputies took the man into custody, whereupon they found he also had concealed:

4-inch knife

a 3-pound hand-held sledgehammer

a "utility knife with a blade"

The sheriff apologized for missing the extra weapons. But at least he got the barbecue fork! God knows what damage the miscreant might have done with that.