Body odor prompts 911 call from Missouri town’s city hall

It wasn’t loud noise or an argument that led to a peace disturbance call at Hannibal City Hall – it was a person’s stink.

The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that several city hall workers on Tuesday called police to complain that a person who came into the building smelled so bad they wanted him removed. The northeast Missouri town’s municipal code allows people to be cited for peace disturbance because of a “noxious and offensive” odor.

The man agreed to leave the building. A short time later, workers at a neighboring business called police – the same person had gone there, the smell following with him.

The person left that building, too, at the urging of police. No arrest was made.

This story was originally published March 28, 2014 at 9:26 AM with the headline "Body odor prompts 911 call from Missouri town’s city hall."