Shocking! Man Steals Wedding Ring But Gets Himself into More Trouble after He Swallows it to Avoid Arrest

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Shocking! Man Steals Wedding Ring But Gets Himself into More Trouble after He Swallows it to Avoid Arrest

A thief who stole a wedding ring and then went ahead to swallow the stolen item ended up getting himself into more trouble.

A man suspected of stealing and swallowing a wedding ring in California has had to undergo surgery to have the ring removed after the ring got stuck inside him.

The suspect, identified by police as Joel Steffensen, was arrested after crashing into a fence near a set of Bay Area Rapid Transit tracks while fleeing police.

Paramedics discovered the wedding ring lodged in his esophagus in X-rays following the crash and determined he would require surgery to have it removed.

“We don’t know what he was thinking, or when he might’ve swallowed it,” Walnut Creek Police spokesman Lt. Lanny Edwards told Mercury News. “It wasn’t smart.”

Doctors were able to remove the ring which was identified as a gold wedding band.