Severed finger points police to theft suspect
Oct 30, 2013, 3:35 PM | Updated: 3:35 pm
PHOENIX — A severed finger pointed the way to jail for a Glendale man suspected of attempted theft, police said Wednesday.
Police allege that 29-year-old Joshua Allen Goverman attempted to steal copper wire from the back of an air conditioning vehicle parked in a driveway on Oct. 7. When the owner of the truck was leaving for work in the morning, he found a copper spool had been pulled about 20 feet of off the truck. At the end of the spool was a finger.
Police were able to get a fingerprint from the severed digit and linked Goverman to the crime.
Goverman told police that he lost the portion of his finger while working on a car. He also posted a photo to Facebook of the remaining portion of his finger.
Goverman was charged with theft.
The copper had an estimated value of $300.
