Whitney Stump, Local Hero

Whitney Stump of Muncie, Indiana, couldn’t get his local government to paint a crosswalk at his local intersection, so he painted it himself. Then the city threw him in jail for 10 days. Now he’s sworn to finish the job.

Stump, a 27-year-old Ball State University graduate student and father, says he was arrested once on a charge of criminal mischief for creating the crosswalk at the intersection of Dicks and North streets. He was arrested a second time when he went back to touch up the paint.

Man Jailed For Creating Crosswalk, Vows More [TheIndyChannel.com via Crime Scene KC]