Yesterday I wrote about an alleged burglar who became stuck in an oven vent. Here's another case of someone attempting to enter an establishment through an alternative ingress and suffering the consequences. Edwin Geller, age 40, of Toldeo, Ohio, tried to get into a restaurant after closing time and became lodged in the grill vent. He was discovered by a waitress when she looked up and saw a pair of feet dangling out.
"I was dumbfounded. I had to look twice," the waitress recalled after firefighters spent two hours freeing Edwin Geller from the nearly 16-inch by 16-inch vent. City police said Geller, 40, a convicted burglar who resides in North Toledo, was caught in the act – literally.
Even though the grill was turned off Tuesday afternoon, it was hot inside the insulated vent. "He was saying, 'Give me water,'" Ms. Addis said.
Geller was in serious condition last night in the intensive care unit of St. Anne Mercy Hospital with skin burns and other injuries. He declined an interview with The Blade.
