From the Des Moines Register of Septmeber 4, 2004
Suspect shot with rock salt is caught
Police caught the alleged burglar who was shot in the backside Thursday morning with a shotgun shell filled with rock salt.
It's the same guy police last year were calling the "Cognac Burglar." Police say in just over a year the man was arrested, convicted, sentenced, served his time, and is back on the streets.
Make that, he was back on the streets. He was headed back to jail Friday.
Charles Ross III, 40, of Des Moines picked up the nickname "Cognac" for breaking into a liquor store near Drake University in pursuit of his preferred type of alcohol.
In 2003, Ross was tied up with telephone cord and electronic cable by citizens who recognized him from a police "wanted" picture. When police answered a call in the 1300 block of 21st Street, Ross couldn't move.
Citizens had seen Ross' photograph, taken by a store surveillance camera, posted at the Drake Liquor Store, 2106 Forest Ave., which had been hit eight times since the middle of May 2003.
This time, according to Des Moines Police Detective Franklin Irvin, Ross was caught on camera again, early Thursday, breaking into the same store.
Ross, also known by the nickname "Tuna," was charged Friday with burglary. Irvin said Ross was sitting at the corner of Sixth and Indiana avenues when he was taken into custody.
Ross read about the burglary in the morning newspaper and learned that the shotgun shell contained rock salt rather than shotgun pellets.
He asked police, "Is rock salt poisonous or not?" Officers did not answer the question. They took him to the hospital for treatment. The blast hit his pants and left only a red mark underneath, officials said.
Irvin said Ross can be heard on the tape telling the store owner something like, "You shot me in the butt."
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