Wilfredo Gonzalez-Cruz probably understands better than most the full reach of the long arm of the law.
Gonzalez-Cruz, 30, spent some time over the weekend inside a Cicero police “rubber room,” and was given medication to “force the expulsion” of a diamond ring he allegedly stole and then swallowed, Town of Cicero officials said Tuesday.
Without going into detail, Cicero spokesman Ray Hanania said police “finally recovered” the ring on Monday.
The strange episode began Friday when Gonzalez-Cruz, a home repairman, was doing some remodeling work at a residence in Cicero. At some point, Gonzalez-Cruz asked to used the homeowners’ bathroom. After he’d finished his business in the bathroom, the female homeowner noticed her diamond ring was missing, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
The woman told her husband, who then confronted the repairman. A tussle broke out between the husband and the repairman, and at some point the repairman allegedly popped the ring into his mouth and swallowed it.
Perhaps he thought that was the end of the matter.
It was not....