Man Burns Down Home Over No Gifts

[bookie]

AP

FEASTERVILLE, Pa. - A man angry that he got no presents for Christmas burned down his parents' house early the next morning, police said.

Steven Murray, 21, was charged with arson and risking a catastrophe in the blaze that broke out early Sunday. No one was injured.

Police said Murray had himself committed to a hospital on Christmas Day, but then signed himself out and walked eight miles home. Later he told police he saw the flames in the distance.

But officers said his jacket smelled of smoke and they found a lighter in his pocket and a gas can near the front door.

"He was irritated that his family gave him no presents for Christmas," Lower Southampton police officer Peter Liese said.

Murray was jailed on $1 million bail. It was not immediately known whether he had a lawyer.

 

[boilermaker]

I would have to say he got what he deserved. Nothing says Merry Christmas like burning your parents home down.

 

[kosar]

I thought about doing that one Christmas when I got some lame pong-type system instead of the intellivision that I wanted.

 

[homedog]

Crack makes people do crazy things.

 

[beantownjim]

MAYBE I SHOULD GIVE THIS GUY MY RUSSIAN NEIGHBORS ADDRESS AND TELL HIM THE RUSSIANS STOLE HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENTS :iagree:

I WILL NEVER FORGET THE GREAT CASCADE ROBBERY OF 2003 THE DAY LENNY AND CASCADE SPORTSBOOK STOLE 660 DOLLARS FROM ME (THANK GOD THESE CROOKS ARE OUT OF BUSINESS)

 

[beantownjim]

I WONDER WHAT THIS KID WOULD HAVE DONE IF HIS PARENTS TOLD HIM TO GO OUT AND GET A JOB :scared

JACK WE HAVE TO FIND THIS KID I THINK HE WILL FEEL RIGHT AT HOME HERE AT MADJACKS MAYBE WHILE HE IS GETTING TREATMENT THEY WILL ALLOW HIM TO READ YOUR FORUM THIS OUGHT TO MAKE THE KID COMPLETELY BONKERS.FORCE HIM TO READ A NICK DOUGLAS COVER STORY WOW THIS WILL REALLY SET THE NIT WIT OFF.

 

[IntenseOperator]

There's a story out there on a guy that stabbed his Mom or Grandmother forty-something times because he thought that he was being poisened during the holiday festivities. He denied everything but had originally confessed in his phone call to 911.

 

[bookie]

Here is another story I came across today.
The world is going nuts.

Dog Drives Truck Into Auto Parts Store

33 minutes ago
AP

SPRINGDALE, Ark. - Michael Henson left the auto parts store with more problems than when he arrived. For that, he can thank his dog.



Henson, whose truck had a sticking throttle, brought his dog along for company when he drove to O'Reilly Auto Parts store in Springdale on Sunday.

"He'd left the truck running — I guess to show the people at O'Reilly's — and the dog jumped over and knocked the truck into gear," Springdale police Sgt. Billy Turnbough said.

The truck raced into the building, stunning Henson and clerk Josh Hopper.

"The guy said he was standing there, looked up, and saw his dog driving his truck through the building," Turnbough said.

Hopper said he heard the crash and looked up from the transaction.

"His truck was in the window," Hopper said. "I thought, 'Oh no.' Everybody was fine. His front left tire just made it onto the brick wall."

No one was hurt and no humans or animals were cited, police said.

 

[homedog]

There's a story out there on a guy that stabbed his Mom or Grandmother forty-something times because he thought that he was being poisened during the holiday festivities. He denied everything but had originally confessed in his phone call to 911.

I say once again: DRUGS. It is the single biggest problem in the U.S. today. You can bet your ass that most times it is related to these types of stories.