After her boyfriend got arrested the weekend, 22-year-old Alicia Walicke, of Cedar Park, Texas, blamed herself. And she clearly took the guilt trip seriously, because she decided she couldn't even wait until visitor's day to "make things right" (that's a quote from a police report that followed, via The Wire) — she had to get into jail ASAP and apologize. This meant getting arrested herself.
So Walicke went to a gas station, shoplifted a $3.99 bottle of Mad Dog 20/20 wine, and then sat outside, waiting for police to catch up with her. She passed the time drinking her stolen wine, further evidence that her plan was very sensible indeed. I'm not saying this is as hauntingly romantic as the conclusion to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but it's not that far off either.
Walicke later posted her $5,000 bail (the approximate equivalent of 1,250 bottles of Mad Dog 20/20, just FYI). As The Wire also notes, there's no confirmation she even saw her boyfriend while locked up, but for the sake of a happy ending, let's hope she did.
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