MAN STABS SELF WHILE SHOPLIFTING

A Union, Pennsylvania, man is recovering in the hospital after attempting to shoplift a phone from a Walmart. Police say 46-year-old David Lee removed a Straight Talk Wireless phone from the shelf using a knife. He later went into the automotive aisle and tried to open the packaging with the knife. While trying to open the package, Lee stabbed himself in the arm with the knife. Staff noticed he was bleeding excessively from the wound, but when they approached him he grabbed a towel off of the shelf and wrapped his arm in it and left the store, got into a car and went straight to Uniontown Hospital. His injury was so severe, he had to be flown to another hospital. Police were able to arrest Lee at the hospital and charge him with retail theft and disorderly conduct.
* God help him if he ever moves up to car theft.
* Okay, he’s a thief but it does highlight how tough these packages are to get into.
* Then when you finally get the plastic torn open you have to pry the item out like it’s stuck in a bear trap.
* Now he has to worry about his cellmate’s package in jail.
* I wonder if he’ll stop stealing or if he’ll take another stab at it?