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Naked man gets stuck in shaft above Napa sandwich shop

By Sarah Ravani

Published 11:14 am, Tuesday, March 14, 2017



A naked man screaming for help was found early Tuesday stuck in a shaft above a Togo’s and Baskin-Robbins shop in Napa, officials said.

Emergency crews responded to the sandwich-ice cream shop on the 200 block of Soscol Avenue about 8:15 a.m. after employees arrived for work and heard screaming coming from the walls, said John Callanan, a division chief of operations for the Napa City Fire Department.

“Definitely never had anyone stuck in our wall before,” said an employee of the shop, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, Robyn.

Robert Turbidy, 48, allegedly climbed on the roof of the shop and entered an access door where he lowered himself into an 18-inch diameter crawl space using a makeshift rope, police said. At some point, the rope broke and he became wedged in the fetal position for about eight hours.

“I have no clue where his clothes are, how he lost them,” Callanan said.

It took emergency crews about 15 minutes to break through the rock facade of the building and peel back the plywood to fish Turbidy out.

Turbidy was conscious and speaking when he came out, Callanan said.

“Just being stuck in a spot like that, your blood compartmentalizes. You can suffer significant injuries,” Callanan said.

Turbidy was immediately taken to the Queen of the Valley Medical Center where he was treated for minor injuries.

He will booked into the Napa County Jail on suspicion of burglary and violating his probation terms, police said.

“I don’t know if the gentleman was attempting to burglarize the building or looking for a place to sleep,” Callanan said. “It’s been a little strange up here lately in Napa.”

[BoSoxGal]

Considering the negligible value of what he might've found in either establishment, I'm going out on a limb and guessing he has mental illness - like 1/3 of the people cycling in and out of our criminal injustice system.

[Lord Jim]

“Definitely never had anyone stuck in our wall before,” said an employee of the shop, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, Robyn.

I'm going to take Robyn's word for that...

I suspect that if somebody had gotten stuck in the wall before, that it's the kind of thing one would tend to remember...

I'm going out on a limb and guessing he has mental illness

Well, I'm going to stick my neck out and speculate that this is another one of those situations where alcohol and/or other mind altering substances may have been involved...

This guy was most likely on something he shouldn't have been, or not on something he should have been or (most likely) some combination of both...

Mental illness and substance abuse are a frequent and unfortunate combination...

In addition to being nationally known for its vineyards, Napa is also home to a large psychiatric facility:

http://gis.oshpd.ca.gov/atlas/places/facility/106281266

[Joe Guy]

He will booked into the Napa County Jail on suspicion of burglary and violating his probation terms, police said.

Not too surprising. From what I know of the law it's a standard clause included in court ordered probationary terms that you are not allowed to get naked and enter a shaft above a sandwich shop.

[Gob]

I'll stick my neck out and say he has a bad case of stupidity.

[Long Run]

Considering the negligible value of what he might've found in either establishment,

Sometimes you crave the turkey avocado sub . . .

[BoSoxGal]

[RayThom]

No shirt, no shoes... no robbery.