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England and Portsmouth fullback Glen Johnson, who reportedly earns £30,000 ($85,000) a week, stunned onlookers in a hardware store in Kent, England last week when he was caught trying to steal a toilet seat and bath taps.
Johnson was spotted by a security guard putting a toilet seat into a box with a cheaper price tag. Aided by Millwall striker Ben May, he also hid a set of taps underneath a sink at the checkout to avoid paying for them.
Both were handed £80 ($227) on the spot fines by police, according to The Sun newspaper.
"We all recognised Johnson," said one worker at the store. "No one could quite believe a bloke like him, with all that money, would be moronic enough to nick a toilet seat. But that's what him and May were doing.
"They were spotted by one of our security guards, a chap of 74, and cops arrived as they were trying to leave. They seemed to find the whole thing funny and couldn't stop smirking even after they had been arrested."
Meanwhile, Johnson's Portsmouth team-mate Lomana LuaLua has been arrested on suspicion of assault causing actual bodily harm. The arrest of the 26-year-old striker came three months after he was detained following a domestic dispute with his partner.
Police were called at 1.50am to an address at the luxury residential development Port Solent in Portsmouth, where LuaLua was arrested.
The striker has not played for Portsmouth for six weeks because of a thigh injury. A police spokeswoman told the Daily Mail: "A 26-year-old man from Portsmouth has been arrested following an incident in the early hours of the morning. He is currently helping police with their inquiries."
In the October 5 incident, LuaLua was arrested in the early hours at his home. The Democratic Republic of Congo international was detained for 17 hours while police found a translator for his partner. He was released the same evening without charge.
