VANCOUVER, Wash. - A man who failed to look before he swallowed and wound up choking on someone else's tobacco spit has been arrested in the theft of a tractor-trailer rig, police said.

Cuitlahvac Renteria-Martinez, 26, was arrested for investigation of first-degree theft shortly after he called 911 for emergency medical help, according to a police report.

Renteria-Martinez remained in the Clark County Jail with bail set at $20,000 pending a court appearance Jan. 21.

According to the report, the driver of a $60,000 Freightliner containing about $15,000 worth of merchandise left the engine idling at a local shopping mall while he went into a Sears store to wash grease off his hands, then emerged to see the truck being driven away.

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