Bradford, Pennsylvania
On March 2 of 2013, 31-year-old police lieutenant
Alfredo Malespini III decided (after a night of heavy drinking) that he did not want to wear his wedding ring.
Whether this decision was made due to problems in his marriage or a simple desire to be free from an ill-fitting piece of jewelry is unknown. What is generally well known and accepted, however, is that drinking large amounts of alcohol rarely leads to making a good decision.
With very few notable exceptions.
Fortified with resolve and his fermented beverage of choice, Alfredo determined that the best way remove the wedding ring from his finger was to walk outside and
shoot it off of his finger with a gun. As you might imagine, this method of removal did not go very well.
Reports available at this time do not indicate whether it was Alfredo or a terrified/confused neighbor who called 911, but
police were dispatched to the residence with a report of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. When the officers arrived, they found Alfredo badly injured and wallowing in a sea of fail of embarrassment (
along with is own blood).
You see, not only had Alfredo caused himself to sustain a very serious and painful injury, but the wedding ring which he was trying to forcibly remove was
still attached to his bloody and mangled finger.
Alfredo Malespini III was arrested and charged with recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct, and firing a weapon inside city limits. He was
taken to a nearby hospital for medical and mental health treatment.
So far there has been no word on whether or not he decided to keep wearing the ring.
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