Friday, August 01, 2008

Stuck in a trash bin and he can't get out of it


This week's moron in the news, from a town about 30 miles away in SC. Click through to see the picture of the fellow after they got him out of his predicament.

DILLON, S.C. A man trying to steal $10 worth of copper got himself into a stinky situation when he spent 12 hours trapped under a trash bin at a Dillon County landfill, authorities said.
Gibson Cook broke into the landfill Tuesday evening, then got stuck as he tried to crawl underneath the large container, deputies said.
Landfill workers found Cook about 12 hours later with his legs sticking out from under the bin. Emergency workers had to inflate air bags under the container to lift it and free Cook.
Cook, who has been charged with trespassing and petit larceny, is well known to officers, deputy Wayne Kirby said.
"He's one of our local petty thieves," Kirby said. "But he has never been in a jam like this."
Jail officials say Cook, 56, was waiting for a bond hearing. It was unclear if he had an attorney.
The landfill has seen an increase in thefts in recent months as thieves try to find discarded scrap metal. But in 27 years at the dump, employee Charlie Brown said this was the first time anyone got stuck.
"It was right disgusting. I wouldn't be under there," Brown told WBTW-TV in Florence.
Brown said there couldn't have been more than $10 worth of copper under the trash bin.
"It was kind of amusing to see him come out of there," Brown said. "He was scared. He was ready to get out."
Information from: WBTW-TV, http://www.scnow.com

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