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Shoplifter breaks security officer’s ribs www.privateofficer.com
March 6, 2009
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Shoplifter breaks security officer’s ribs http://www.privateofficer.com
PALO ALTO, Calif. Mar 6 2009 — A 20-year-old man who allegedly stole shoes from a Macy’s store in Palo Alto Wednesday afternoon and broke a security guard’s ribs before falling in a creek eventually surrendered because he needed help out, according to police.
Around 1:20 p.m., Adam Fritsch ran out of the Macy’s men’s department at the Stanford Shopping Center with a stolen pair of $80 Ed Hardy sneakers on his feet, police Agent Dan Ryan said.
Security guards chased Fritsch to the bank of a creek at the end of the parking lot and cuffed one of his wrists, but he got away, Ryan said.
During the struggle, he allegedly kicked one of the security guards and broke his ribs.
“That’s when his $80 pair of shoes turned into a felony because he used great bodily force, which turns the crime into a strong-arm robbery,” Ryan said.
Fritsch started running down the creek, which is about 4 feet deep, but Ryan said, “I don’t think he appreciated how deep the water was and the fact that it just rained.”
Fritsch started floating downstream and struggling with the tide while police followed along the bank.
About a third of a mile downstream, Fritsch allowed police to help him out of the water, Ryan said.
He was taken to the hospital and treated for hypothermia.
After he recovered, police took him into custody.
Around 1:20 p.m., Adam Fritsch ran out of the Macy’s men’s department at the Stanford Shopping Center with a stolen pair of $80 Ed Hardy sneakers on his feet, police Agent Dan Ryan said.
Security guards chased Fritsch to the bank of a creek at the end of the parking lot and cuffed one of his wrists, but he got away, Ryan said.
During the struggle, he allegedly kicked one of the security guards and broke his ribs.
“That’s when his $80 pair of shoes turned into a felony because he used great bodily force, which turns the crime into a strong-arm robbery,” Ryan said.
Fritsch started running down the creek, which is about 4 feet deep, but Ryan said, “I don’t think he appreciated how deep the water was and the fact that it just rained.”
Fritsch started floating downstream and struggling with the tide while police followed along the bank.
About a third of a mile downstream, Fritsch allowed police to help him out of the water, Ryan said.
He was taken to the hospital and treated for hypothermia.
After he recovered, police took him into custody.
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