Ring allegedly stolen and swallowed reappears

CHICAGO — Call it an anatomical stakeout.

Authorities recovered a diamond ring a Chicago man allegedly stole and swallowed by doing what parents do when kids swallow a crayon or penny: wait for it complete its journey through his body.

According to a Tuesday news release, the Cook County State's Attorney's Office says 30-year-old Wilfredo Gonzalez-Cruz was arrested this week after he allegedly stole the ring from a Cicero woman's home where he was doing repair work.

The office says after the woman noticed her ring was gone, she told her husband, who confronted Gonzalez-Cruz. He denied taking the ring, but prosecutors say when he and the husband began fighting he swallowed it.

Police took him to the hospital, where an X-ray revealed the ring.

Then they waited to recover the evidence.