Posted on 09/23/2010 12:44:55 PM PDT by Inappropriate Laughter
The clues were there when police responded to a theft call at Wal-Mart around 6 a.m. Wednesday.
A man was seen running into the darkness after leaving the rear door with a shopping cart full of merchandise.
Just before the man left the store, investigators found an unoccupied vehicle behind the building at 2700 W. State St. The engine was running.
But the suspect was nowhere to be found.
Police might have gotten answer later when they got a call about a man trapped inside a refuse truck.
The man had to be freed from the BFI trash-hauling truck after it was taken to the Alliance Recycling in the 15900 block of River Street NE, just north of Alliance in Lexington Township.
The man, identified by police as James M. Brienzo, was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland where he was in critical condition Wednesday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Within an hour of finding the car, police got a call from Akron placed by a man identifying himself as Brienzo’s friend.
The caller told police that Brienzo called him and said he was inside a refuse bin that had just been emptied into a trash-hauling truck.
Police and Stark County dispatchers contacted Brienzo on his cell phone. He was located in the truck on N. Walnut Avenue through a global positioning system.
Police worked to free the man but couldn’t, so the truck was taken to the recycling center where it was emptied.
“When they pick up a new trash bin, they mechanically push the contents to the rear to make room for the next dumpster. He was pretty well compacted to the rear of the truck,” Police Chief Scott Griffith said. “That is why we had to actually dump the contents of the truck to get him out.”
NO CHARGES FILED
“He was conscious when he came out,” said John Sypolt, manager of the recycling center. “He actually asked for a bottle of water, then he passed out. He looked pretty bad off. He was all scraped up on the side.”
While police are investigating the Wal-Mart theft incident, Griffith declined to confirm if Brienzo is a suspect or if he will be charged.
Police, as of Wednesday afternoon, did not have much personal information on Brienzo. They said he is from Akron, possibly in his 20s. Copyright 2010 CantonRep.com. Some rights reserved
Karma is a beautiful thing..................
Darwin is listening.
He’s lucky the police didn’t squeeze him and only dumped him in the local can.
Talk about cruel and unusual punishment...but somehow I’m OK with it!
Does anybody else think that the “How It Happened” section says absolutely nothing about how it happened?
For the Horde?
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