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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Umm ... Thanks Guys, But He Can Keep It
2006-06-09
GUILFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A police official at the Chenango County Sheriff's Department said authorities plan to let "nature to take its course" after a furniture delivery man gulped down a diamond ring.

The waiting game for the evidence began after Michael Kuchinski, 35, of Binghamton, admitted swallowing the $1,000 ring after seeing it on a bedroom dresser Tuesday afternoon. Sheriff's deputies took the man to a hospital in Norwich, where doctors used X-rays to determine that ingesting the ring wouldn't harm him. Kuchinski was then admitted to the hospital after he said he felt ill.

Kuchinski was charged with larceny and criminal tampering, for delaying the recovery of the ring.
I got to see a similar situation once as a medical resident. The guy volunteered to chug as much milk-of-magnesia as required to deliver the stolen merchandise (a tennis bracelet, as I recall), so as to avoid additional charges.
Posted by:Steve White

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