Racine, Wisconsin Arms and Ammunition Factory Worker Paul Dehne Charged in Co-Worker's Hanging Death

Paul Dehne, 26, and Christopher Angus, 25, worked together at Concentrix Ltd., an arms and ammunition components manufacturer located in Racine, Wisconsin.  The two friends, who carpooled to their jobs together, argued a bit about money on their way into work on Thursday, April 17, 2008.  Although they had continued to argue throughout much of the day, it appeared that they had patched up any differences they'd had by the time they clocked out at 3 p.m. that day because they had gone into a large room at the plant and began drinking together.  At some point, however, according to a criminal complaint that was filed against Dehne on Monday, April 28, 2008, charging him with first-degree reckless homicide in connection with Angus's death, the two began arguing again a short time later.

Angus, a climbing aficionado who enjoyed climbing walls, among other things, had fashioned a do-it-yourself harness of sorts that he had attached around the area of his waist and groin.  He subsequently connected the device to an overhead beam via a dangling loop.  He had utilized his self-rigged harness to climb a wall inside the building, apparently to show Dehne that he could. According to the account that Dehne provided to the police, Angus, after climbing the wall, had ended up at the top of a stairway near the ceiling when the two men began arguing again, apparently over $650 that Dehne owed Angus for damage that he had caused to Angus's car.  At some point, Dehne pushed him and Angus fell off the stairway with the harness attached, which had become twisted...

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