Man finds a would-be robber crushed under his 900 pound safe.
Homeowner George Hollingsworth told police he began inventorying items in his garage after discovering the door frame was damaged on Tuesday evening.
While cleaning out clutter the following day, Hollingsworth discovered his 900-pound antique floor safe had been knocked over. Upon further inspection, he realized there was a body underneath the large piece of furniture.
“My mind couldn’t comprehend it. This can’t be real. It’s like some strange tale,” Hollingsworth told WXIN. “I came in and told my wife, ‘I think we’ve got a dead body out there.’ She thought I was kidding.”
First responders were able to lift the heavy antique and pull out the crushed body, later identified as 28-year-old Jerimiah Disney.
In a statement, investigators said the safe, which had been held up by a floor jack, likely fell onto the intruder as he rummaged through the cluttered garage.
But despite the victim’s intentions, Hollingsworth told WXIN that he wishes the man had simply gotten away with his attempted burglary.
“I would have rather seen him steal stuff and get out than die like that,” he told the station. “What a horrible way to die.”
h/t it floored him
Nah. Better things have been ironed out, so to speak.
If more burglars are squashed by safes, the less burglariea we’ll have.
I’m just crushed by this sad story. How can something called a “safe” kill somebody?
“I would have rather seen him steal stuff and get out than die like that”
Yeah, right.
You mean it was a false “safe” space?
As any waitress can tell you, sometimes you get a bad tip.
Was it an ACME safe?
Trust the legal system this ain’t over …
look for a ambulance chasing lawyer lawsuit.
Less you forget a store owner down in Fla. was sued by the family of a Burglar. That electrocuted himself in doing so, about 8 years ago.
It will be much safer if we outlaw safes.
The city will probably fine him for un safe practice…
(ahem)
He’ll be fine.
Sure Wile E. sure, you’re just a cartoon who never dies despite all your hilarious crashes and accidents. This poor guy was just a dumb schmuck who found himself in an unsafe predicament. He went SPLAT, you never do which is why it’s so funny.
Jerimiah Disney, sometimes the cartoons draw themselves.
You know the dead man’s family will sue for un-‘safe’ conditions and will probably get millions. Just sayin’
“my mind couldn’t comprehend it….” how about your foot?
“Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell
Ban assault safes. Sorry, had to say it.
Dude might want to suit up in ty-vec, buy a good respirator mask and empty that garage out. If that’s bodily fluids they keep highlighting in the video, he’s going to regret not hosing that out.
I’d Lawyer if I was that homeowner.
Like Steve T said, some ambulance chaser will sue him for the unsafe safe.
He better have had the doors locked or he will be ruined.
“While cleaning out the clutter the following day …”
Huh?
“Yo! There be … like … y’know … dis squushed dead dude! and I’m like … shit! … I ain’t gone clean up no clutter no mo!”
“You’ve entered … The Twilight Zone!”
izlamo delenda est …
“…identified as 28-year-old Jerimiah Disney.”
hereafter to be known as Vault Disney
I was puzzled by the stack of pancakes until I read the article. Good choice, BFH
Jerimiah was a pancake
Was a good friend of mine
Squished by a safe and now he’s dead
But he made some mighty fine wine…
He’s gone to Disneyland.
“hereafter to be known as Vault Disney”
golf clap
“Vault Disney?” Now that’s just Goofy.
Worst/Best case of instant karma evah !
Poor guy didn’t know jack.
Oy, the vault!
“I would have rather seen him steal stuff and get out than die like that,” he told the station. “What a horrible way to die.”
Seriously? You’re shitting me! The owner of the safe I bet you $1,000 he’s a liberal.
@Goldenfoxx: “Seriously? You’re shitting me! The owner of the safe I bet you $1,000 he’s a liberal.”
he’s just thankful they didn’t open the safe and find his ex-wife. The one who went missing 14 years ago. (just joking)
Nobody should be allowed to own a 900 pound safe.
We need reasonable safe laws! 😉
Evolution in action……………The way it should be!!
St Pancake day today!
Timing is everything Fur 🙂 Good job!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie
https://muqata.blogspot.com/2010/11/st-pancakes-propaganda-trial.html
Oooh dang! Just n time.
Was the suspect eventually identified as Wile E. Coyote, (Genius)
Clumsy burglar and 900-pound safe. Sounds like a bad combination.
Man, that’s a shame. It’s gonna take a lot of bleach and elbow grease to get the stench of that dead body juice off the front of that safe.
It ironed out his penchant for theft
@Johnny,
Heh, looked, good catch.
“There are no coincidences.” – Gibbs
Expect a clamor for “Safe safe laws” any day now.