A suspected thief trying to help himself to convenience store goods instead wound up crying for help after becoming stuck in an air shaft for 10 hours.
Antonio Davis, 25, was rescued Tuesday. He removed an air conditioning cover at a CVS store Monday night and tried to enter the store via the shaft but became trapped, Braddock County Sheriff's Capt. James Pogue said. He began calling for help about 8 a.m. Tuesday. "I hurd a kat in da thang. I wuz trying to sabe dat cat," Davis told The Braddock Times. He denied attempting to steal prescription drugs."No, sir, it a furey kat — a litel anima."
It took firefighters an hour and a half to rescue Davis, but he suffered only minor cuts and was in stable condition, according to Fire Rescue spokeswoman Heather Danenhower. Antonio Davis has been charged with commercial burglary, possession of burglary tools and felony criminal mischief, Pogue said.
Online records with the Texas Department of Corrections indicate Davis has several previous convictions in Texas and North Carolina for burglary and drug-related crimes. He was convicted in Braddock, TX for possession of the prescription painkiller Oxycontin, according to a Braddock County Sheriff's Office report. After the verdict was read, Davis was immediately pardoned by Justice William J. Jennings for lack of evidence. Davis was also arrested earlier this month on an arson charge. Jennings was quoted as saying "there doesn't appear to be any evidence linking 'Da Crunk', a fineupstanding citizen, to this outrageous charge."
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