Stupid Crime of the Week: Prisoner Keeps Eating Metal in Jail Cell

107929-f4509dee-0263-11e5-9cd4-3a82df739478An 18-year-old prisoner and former basketball player has literally started trying to eat himself out of jail, authorities say.

According to police, Lamont Cathey has caused them to spend more than $1.3 million on healthcare for the prisoner because he keeps eating metals, screws, leather restraints, and pins in his cell.

Cathey had been arrested more than a year ago after he broke into and stole money from a pizzeria. Court documents show the pizzeria’s manager found Cathey in his office with a pile of money hunched over a safe. Cathey said he didn’t take anything and showed the manager his pockets were empty, so the manager let him leave. However, a plea deal on the crime fell through and Cathey was sent to jail, according to court documents.

Since being jailed, Cathey has eaten a prison camera, parts of the bed in his cell, and medical equipment. He has had to be taken to the hospital more than 24 times in the last 16 months.

According to doctors, Cathey has eaten so much metal that it’s too hard to determine which pieces had been eaten most recently.

 

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