Inmate Hides Gun In Fat Layers

[pauldun170]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/20301265/detail.html

HPD: Inmate Hides Gun In Fat Layers

HOUSTON -- A nearly 600-pound man was able to hide a weapon for more than a day while he was in custody, police told KPRC Local 2 Wednesday.

[George Vera]
George Vera

WATCH IT: Police: Man Hides Gun Between Fat Layers

"Obviously the system broke down," former Harris County Detention Major Mark Kellar said. "The procedures didn't work as they were designed to work."

Houston police said George Vera, 25, was arrested Aug. 2 and taken to the city jail. He spent a day there before being transferred to the Harris County Jail. After being there for 14 hours, going through intake procedures, he was taken to the showers, the final step before going to his cell. There, Vera told police he had a 9mm handgun on him, along with 2 clips.

"If a person has a weapon, narcotics, anything of danger, it should have been found before he winds up in the county jail," said Kellar.

Kellar said Vera should have been searched at least three times before getting to the jail.

Vera weighs nearly 600 pounds and the gun was allegedly hidden between fat layers.

Houston Police Officers Union President Gary Blankinship said cadets are trained how to search morbidly obese people.

"We teach officers to lift up and look under," Blankinship said. "The officer may not have arrested anyone this big before."

Blankenship said that system clearly does not always work.

"They can be so big, basically short of strip searching or searching cavities, they could miss something like this," said Blankinship.

The Houston Police Department and Harris County Sheriff's Office are doing internal investigations to figure out how this could have happened.

Blankinship said they should also change the way officers are trained to search morbidly obese inmates, maybe adding hand-held metal detectors.

Vera has been released from jail on bond.

[askmrjesus]

Roll him in flour, and look for the cordite spot?

JC

[Fleck750]

"We teach officers to lift up and look under," Blankinship said."

Thanks for the visuals.

[skiergirl]

What the heck did a 600lb guy do to be put in custody anyway? stealing donuts? I mean it's not like he's a flight risk heck he can't even fit in a plane seat....

[Dave]

always assumed theyd have an xray machine or some kind of metal detector like we had in iraq. Wtf do those taxes go

[HurricaneHeather]

So many questions in my head.....and so glad there were no pictures to accompany this thread.

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by HurricaneHeather

and so glad there were no pictures to accompany this thread.

you can say that again.

[Adeptus_Minor]

You know, I was watching Ralphie May on Comedy Central last night, and that Kool-aid man is 450 lbs...
Now guy in the story was 600 lbs?!?
You don't have to put the man in jail...just put him in a house with small doors

[101lifts2]

I would like to see pics of said fat guy..with the weapon hidden.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Dave

always assumed theyd have an xray machine or some kind of metal detector like we had in iraq. Wtf do those taxes go

A guy at my work just got out of jail and was talking about some of the crap he had to do. He said that when they come in from the outside they line them up in 30x30 room and have them strip naked and line up against the wall. Then they make them cough which I guess causes stuff up the ass to fall out.

I found out how the drugs are smuggled in (or one of the ways). When a prisoner has to do work detail they'll have friends drop drugs off in balloons. They'll pick the balloon up and a warm soda their friend threw out also. They'll chug the soda down really fast so it foams n the stomach and then they swallow the balloon. When they get back they chug another soda and then stick their finger down the throat and throw it up. Said one guy had a balloon bust with pot in it and he puked for 3 days straight.

What I am curious about is why would you smuggle a pistol in that far and then confess it to the cops? I'd keep the bitch and be the king of the jail.