Convicted Drug User Is Literally Flushed Out
<i> Associated Press</i>
CENTERVILLE, Pa. —
Negotiations and tear gas were not enough to persuade a convicted drug user to surrender, so police decided to flush him out with 2,500 gallons of water.
A cold and wet Charles Stiles, 39, emerged from his house into 30-degree temperatures Sunday and was treated for hypothermia. Then police took him to jail.
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