Pubdate: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 Source: Associated Press Copyright: 1999 Associated Press ST. PATRICK'S DAY REVELER SHOOTS SLOW-FLUSHING TOILET SCHERERVILLE, Ind.- An intoxicated man angered by a slow-flushing toilet shot it to pieces at a restaurant with his semi-automatic handgun after a night of St. Patrick's Day reveling, police said. ``He told investigators the toilet didn't flush fast enough for him, so he fired it up. No one was injured. Fortunately, he was in the bathroom by himself. He was highly intoxicated,'' Detective Sgt. Michael Ison said. Raymond A. Cruz, 49, was arrested after the incident early Thursday morning. He was charged with criminal recklessness with a handgun, a felony, and resisting law enforcement, a misdemeanor. Ison said Cruz, who had a permit to carry the handgun, refused to surrender his .40-caliber Beretta to police. Cruz's blood-alcohol content was 0.18 percent, nearly twice the legal driving limit in Indiana, Ison said. Schererville is about 20 miles southeast of Chicago. - --- MAP posted-by: Derek Rea