... or is it sta-sta-sta-stupidity.
STERLING, Ill. — A man who attempted to burglarize a liquor store cut his arm on a broken window and died early Thursday, Sterling police announced in a news release.
At 1:28 a.m., Sterling Police received a 911 call about a person lying in the roadway in the 900 block of E. 4th Street.
The man, who has been identified as Tony C. Rupp, 19, of Sterling, had a severe laceration to his left arm.
Rupp was taken to CGH Medical Center, Sterling. He was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m.
Police said the investigation revealed that Rupp had been involved in a burglary of Broadway Express Liquors, 302 Broadway, and during the process of entering through a broken window severely cut his left arm.
The Whiteside County Coroner has scheduled an autopsy.
“It just blows me away,” said Donna Rodriguez, a clerk at the store where the break-in occurred. “A 19-year-old died over some booze.
“I keep hoping that he doesn’t have any small children at home,” she added.
A plate glass window on the front of the store was broken, Rodriguez said, adding that it had been boarded up by the store’s owner by the time she arrived at work.
“I think he might have had a bottle of booze on him and the cops called the owner and said go check the store,” she said.
While a cause of death has not been released, Rodriguez believes the man lost too much blood from the wound.
“The only thing we can think is that he hit an artery and bled to death,” she said.
As far as the break-in, she said, “He was underage. He knew he couldn’t buy it legally.”
Rupp was sentenced to 24 months on probation with special conditions after pleading guilty Feb. 26 to unlawful consumption of liquor by a minor, according to Whiteside County Circuit Court records. He also was ordered to pay a fine of $850 and $528 in fees and court costs.
I laughed!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif darn near had a tear, what a moron.
STERLING, Ill. — A man who attempted to burglarize a liquor store cut his arm on a broken window and died early Thursday, Sterling police announced in a news release.
At 1:28 a.m., Sterling Police received a 911 call about a person lying in the roadway in the 900 block of E. 4th Street.
The man, who has been identified as Tony C. Rupp, 19, of Sterling, had a severe laceration to his left arm.
Rupp was taken to CGH Medical Center, Sterling. He was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m.
Police said the investigation revealed that Rupp had been involved in a burglary of Broadway Express Liquors, 302 Broadway, and during the process of entering through a broken window severely cut his left arm.
The Whiteside County Coroner has scheduled an autopsy.
“It just blows me away,” said Donna Rodriguez, a clerk at the store where the break-in occurred. “A 19-year-old died over some booze.
“I keep hoping that he doesn’t have any small children at home,” she added.
A plate glass window on the front of the store was broken, Rodriguez said, adding that it had been boarded up by the store’s owner by the time she arrived at work.
“I think he might have had a bottle of booze on him and the cops called the owner and said go check the store,” she said.
While a cause of death has not been released, Rodriguez believes the man lost too much blood from the wound.
“The only thing we can think is that he hit an artery and bled to death,” she said.
As far as the break-in, she said, “He was underage. He knew he couldn’t buy it legally.”
Rupp was sentenced to 24 months on probation with special conditions after pleading guilty Feb. 26 to unlawful consumption of liquor by a minor, according to Whiteside County Circuit Court records. He also was ordered to pay a fine of $850 and $528 in fees and court costs.
I laughed!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif darn near had a tear, what a moron.
