Spice Rub Burglar

Ya just can't make this stuff up. There is a whole lotta strangeness in Fresno these days.. I'm so glad I moved here :eek:

Burglar victims wake to spice rub, sausage attack
By Louis Galvan / The Fresno Bee
09/06/08 21:55:06



A burglar who broke into a home just east of Fresno rubbed food seasoning over the body of one of two men as they slept in their rooms and then used an 8-inch sausage to whack the other man on the face and head before running out of the house, Fresno County sheriff's deputies said Saturday.

Lt. Ian Burrimond, describing the crime as one of the strangest he's ever heard of, said a suspect was found hiding in a nearby field a few minutes later and taken into custody on suspicion of residential robbery.

Deputies, he said, had no problem linking the suspect to the crime.

"It seems the guy ran out of the house wearing only a T-shirt, boxer shorts and socks, leaving behind his wallet with his ID," Burrimond said.

Arrested was Antonio Vasquez Jr., 21, of Fresno.

Burrimond said deputies headed to the victims' home in the 300 block of South Thompson Avenue near Kings Canyon Road shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday regarding a burglary in progress.

The victims, both farmworkers, told deputies they were awakened by a stranger applying "Pappy's Seasoning" to one of them and striking the other with a sausage.

Both the spices and the sausage, Burrimond said, reportedly were obtained from the victims' kitchen.

After the man fled, the victims discovered the home had been ransacked and that some money was taken, Burrimond said.

Burrimond said the money was recovered, but that the piece of sausage used in the attack was discarded by the suspect and eaten by a dog.

"That's right, the dog ate the weapon," Burrimond said.

"I tell you, this was one weird case."

The reporter can be reached at lgalvan@fresnobee.com

wtf :confused: crazy yanks!

Well, uh, our bandit, Mr. Vasquez Jr., is... very... innovative,... i guess you could say!:snigger: ... hopefully he'll write a book, with the obligatory made-for-t.v. movie soon!:P I wonder if the sheriff's deputies followed the dog around for awhile in an attempt to retrieve the remains of the weapon???:iconrofl:

Any chance they all know each other??

The reporter, Louis Galvan, could be destined to join the ranks at the well regarded tabloid "National Enquirer".

Yes, California journalism has reached new heights, courtesy of Mr. Galvan. How anyone could report such a thing with a straight face is, well.. puzzling. I, for one, would not tell ANY PERSON, least of all sheriff's deputies, that I'd been assaulted by seasoning.. or Worse, beat about the head with a... sausauge!!! Argh! Interestingly enough, though, Pappy's is a fine rub, especially on tri-tip.. Maybe the burglar was some sort of pants-dropping cannibal!!!:bounce:

wow thats just creepy, i am glad the article doesn't mention what the suspect did with the mayonaise ;)
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Are they sure it's mayonaise???