A Day Late

Sorry for not posting yesterday. In my head it was Thursday and I didn't really realize it was Wednesday until last night. That was not a fun realization... On that note, here is a funny story for you.

Man escapes Shiloh PD, later found at portable toilet

By Nicholas J.C. Pistor

SHILOH — A St. Louis man picked the lock of a Shiloh Police interview room and escaped on Wednesday, but was later apprehended at a nearby construction site’s portable toilet.

Timothy J. Beckham, 20, was first taken into custody on Wednesday at a business along Greenmount Road in Shiloh for suspicious activity, said Gary A. McGill, the assistant Shiloh Police Chief. Beckham was questioned for suspicion of child endangerment and was suspected of being under the influence of narcotics, police said. Beckham’s 5 month-old daughter was with him at the time of arrest and is now in the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Police said Beckham was arrested within 30 minutes after a resident noticed and reported a suspicious person walking into a portable toilet at a nearby construction site.

(story from St. Louis Today)