600-pound prisoner hid gun in fat layers
Published: Aug. 6, 2009 at 6:36 PM
HOUSTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) — Houston police say a man weighing nearly 600 pounds concealed a 9mm handgun in his layers of fat for more than a day while in custody.
Police said George Vera, 25, was arrested for an unspecified reason Aug. 2 and held in the city jail for a day before being taken to the Harris County Jail. There, he revealed to police he was hiding the handgun and two clips, KPRC-TV, Houston, reported Thursday.
