TChris started it with stupid criminals of the week. We'll continue with most ridiculous arrest of the week. This is too much.

A teacher's aide who forgot to put away her marshmallows and hot chocolate at Yellowstone National Park last year was taken from her cruise ship cabin in handcuffs and hauled before a judge Friday, accused of failing to pay the year-old fine. Hope Clarke, 32, crying and in leg shackles, told the judge she was rousted at 6:30 a.m. by federal agents after the ship returned to Miami from Mexico. She insisted that she had been required to pay the $50 fine before she could leave Yellowstone, which has strict rules about food storage to prevent wildlife from eating human food.

Turns out Ms. Clarke did indeed pay the fine, there shouldn't have been a warrant out for her, and she spent 9 hours in detention. The federal magistrate demanded an explanation. Here's the pitiful excuse:

Zach Mann, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called the arrest "an unfortunate set of circumstances." He added, "We were acting on what we believed was accurate information."

Don't think it can't happen to you.