Thief nearly crushed to death in back of trash truck

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majorspark's avatar
majorspark
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Sep 25, 2010 3:17pm
Bet he don't steal anymore. Maybe more criminals should be thrown out with the trash. The dude went from hiding from the police to begging for them to find him.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314889/Man-killed-rubbish-truck-hideaway-starts-compact-him.html
He was 'hiding in a dumpster behind a Wal-Mart in Alliance and he was hiding from police and it was just picked up and dumped in a trash truck and they were mobile and he needed help.'
Emergency operators also took a 911 call from a frantic Brienzo, begging them to find the truck. 'I'm in the back of a trash truck that keeps compacting me!' Brienzo said as dispatchers urged him to calm down.
Police say Brienzo was literally being compacted along with between six and eight tons of rubbish mostly discarded cardboard.

As Stark County Emergency Management officials used the signal from Brienzo's mobile phone to locate where he was, police were frantically searching Alliance for the truck.
During a 16-minute conversation, Brienzo told dispatchers he thought he was dying. 'I'm dying man,' he said, complaining his bones were being crushed, saying he knew he wouldn't walk again and screaming at the top of his lungs each time the truck driver picked up another load and compacted what was in the truck.
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THE4RINGZ
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Sep 25, 2010 3:23pm
Fox8 had this on the news the other night including audio of the 911 call. Bad timing on that dudes part. I also heard on he radio yesterday that he is still in critical conditon
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BRF
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Sep 25, 2010 3:30pm
I hope it squeezed all the "bad" out of him. I'll bet his underwear wasn't in good shape!
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tk421
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Sep 25, 2010 5:07pm
Anyone want to bet when/if he sues the trash company and how much a judge ends up awarding him?
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rydawg5
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Sep 25, 2010 5:11pm
Hopefully it changes his ways.. he doesn't deserve to die for trying to do what he did, but i he has any good in him, this will teach him.
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I Wear Pants
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Sep 25, 2010 7:34pm
I was at the Walmart in question just after.
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darbypitcher22
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Sep 25, 2010 10:58pm
any longer and it would have killed him... would have been nothing left
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majorspark
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Sep 26, 2010 1:10am
I guess the lesson learned is if you are caught thieving at Walmart don't hide in the dumpster.

One thing I could not figure out is how he was able to dial 911 and talk on his cell phone as he was being crushed by the truck's trash compactor.
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I Wear Pants
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Sep 26, 2010 7:17am
If he wouldn't have been able to get that call out no one would ever have found him. Ever.
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Darkon
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Sep 26, 2010 7:38am
I Wear Pants;497632 wrote:If he wouldn't have been able to get that call out no one would ever have found him. Ever.

Damn cell phones.
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mucalum49
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Sep 26, 2010 10:17am
Oh good ol' Alliance residents. Sounds about right...
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GoPens
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Sep 26, 2010 10:37am
Between this idiot and the drunk woman calling repeatedly for a husband, the Alliance 9-1-1 dispatchers have been busy dealing with mental midgets this year.
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I Wear Pants
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Sep 26, 2010 11:32am
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Filled with win from Stark County.
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Fly4Fun
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Sep 26, 2010 12:59pm
tk421;496692 wrote:Anyone want to bet when/if he sues the trash company and how much a judge ends up awarding him?

It'd have to be under negligence and I guess it just depends on what the "procedures" are for making sure people aren't hiding in trash if there are any.
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Sykotyk
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Sep 26, 2010 2:05pm
Every garbage dumpster has large signage indicating not to get in or play around a dumpster.

The garbage man is not required to get out of his truck, and fish around the dumpster to see if someone's in it before dumping it.

Sykotyk
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Shabaka Bashaarat
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Sep 26, 2010 6:16pm
Should at least be honorable mention for the Darwin Awards.