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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Would-be Florida burglar dies after window slams down on him
2020-12-16
[NYPOST] A thief’s burglary attempt backfired when the window of the Florida home he was trying to climb through abruptly crashed down on his neck, killing him, police said.

The freak incident unfolded Saturday when the convicted felon with facial tattoos and piercings, 32-year-old Jonathan Hernandez, attempted to break into a residence in Lehigh Acres, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said.

"When Hernandez was trying to work his way through the window, it unexpectedly closed on top of him, pinning him and keeping him suspended in the air," Lt. Russell Park, a front man for the sheriff’s office, said Monday.

Hernandez was dead by the time deputies arrived, according to Park.

The would-be crook was "no stranger to law enforcement," said Park, who explained that Hernandez was busted in 2014 "for his involvement in a murder case."

Details about that case were not immediately available.

Local jail records show that Hernandez, also known as Jonathan Hernandez-Zuluaga, had multiple prior arrests on his record including for marijuana possession, grand theft and probation violations, the News-Press reported.

Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the pastor had finally been wrestled from the pulpit.
Y'got the wrong guy! he yelled just before Sergeant Malone's billy club landed...

Hernandez’s loved ones were convinced that police were not providing the full story.

"Soon as I got there I’m like, there’s no way. This isn’t what happened," Hernandez’s fiancée, Patricia Duarte, told NBC2 News.

"When I first met him, I was like man he looks like he has a rap sheet like El Chapo," said Duarte. "And he’s the complete opposite of that. He’s the sweetest person you’d probably ever meet and has the biggest heart."

Duarte said she will continue to push for more answers surrounding Hernandez’s death.

"I just need something to be done the right way. I need a proper investigation," Duarte said. "I need the actual truth to come to light."
You NEED a brain enema
Tyson Lane defended Hernandez, saying, "He is not a burglar. He’s not a thief. He’s not a bad guy."
"He was liberating some physical items, man. Like Robin Hood"
"That’s not what he is. If he had a roof over his head and you didn’t, he would give you a roof over your head, bring you in his household," Lane told the news outlet. "That’s something that he did for a lot of people, including myself."
Posted by:Fred

#12  It's better this way. He had "prison bitch" written all over his face.
Posted by: Ulavirong Omeager2818   2020-12-16 15:41  

#11  Explains that glassy look in his eyes...
Posted by: Warthog   2020-12-16 15:31  

#10  Some say freak accident; others say the window was prejudice. Others say justice was finally done.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-12-16 14:41  

#9  Perhaps he can be memorialized in a stained-glass window?
Posted by: Frank G   2020-12-16 12:43  

#8  My eyes glaze over at the thought of another perp being lionized when his life of miscreancy comes to a quick end.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-12-16 11:47  

#7  You've heard of in vitro birthing. Now there's dying in vitro
Posted by: Don Vito Snavising5346   2020-12-16 10:13  

#6  
Posted by: Dron66046   2020-12-16 09:54  

#5  To your room, B
Posted by: Frank G   2020-12-16 09:25  

#4  A paneful ending indeed.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-12-16 08:36  

#3  Reminder folks, this is a good time to sharpen your window sashes.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-12-16 08:17  

#2  Unlike Epstein he really did hang himself
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2020-12-16 07:36  

#1  
Window CASE CLOSED.


Sorry everyone... it was begging to be said...
Posted by: NN2N1   2020-12-16 07:16  

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