CRIMINAL ALMOST GETS COMPACTED

A robbery suspect in Alliance got stuck in a garbage truck while hiding from police on Wednesday.

Alliance police said officers spotted a suspect leaving the Wal-Mart on State Street through a fire exit with a cart-full of items. The suspect fled on foot when he saw police.
Not long after, Alliance dispatchers received a call about a man stuck in a trash truck. The person calling said they were friends were a man who said he was hiding in a Dumpster behind Wal-Mart before it was picked up by a garbage truck.
Police said dispatchers were able to track James Michael Brienzo using his cell phone and officers soon caught up with the trash compacting truck. what an idiot.

-AL