Three men were arrested in downtown Cincinnati for dropping water balloons from atop an eight-story building. They allegedly targeted rubes who stopped to pick up a dollar bill that the pranksters had glued to the sidewalk. The police used a helicopter to nab the suspects who were documenting their prank on video. On Friday, one of the men, Rodney Smith, 22, pleaded no contest "to inducing panic and disorderly conduct." He faces up to 180 days in jail and likely will have to repay the money spent to bust him. His co-conspirators, Dan Schmidt, 23, and Brandon Meyer, 22, pleaded not-guilty. From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
David Mast, an associate professor of physics at the University of Cincinnati, said a balloon thrown from eight floors up would be traveling 60 mph when it hit the ground.
"It wouldn't be pleasant" if it hit someone, he said. "It's worse if the balloon bounces and doesn't break. That would be like a golf ball hitting you.
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