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Missouri man flies to California, sets 13 wildfires, then tries to fly home, cops say
A Missouri man flew to California, spent two days setting wildfires, then tried to fly home, officials say. He was arrested Monday.
Freddie Graham, 68, hopped on a flight from Missouri to San Jose last Thursday, KPIX reported. After renting a car, he spent the next two days setting fires as he drove the “narrow, windy roads” between Ed Levin Park and the Calaveras Reservoir in the foothills near San Jose, Deputy District Attorney Bud Porter said.
Officials say Graham would light pieces of paper on fire and then toss them out of his window as he drove, The East Bay Times reported. He’s believed to have set at least 13 fires — four on Friday and nine on Saturday — which are collectively referred to as the Reservoir Fire, officials say.
It took hours for firefighters to put out Friday’s blazes, officials say, but Saturday’s proved even more tenacious, taking firefighters the rest of the weekend to extinguish them, The East Bay Times reported. The fire burned more than 128 acres, though no injuries or damaged structures were reported.
(Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Monday October 28 2019, @09:45PM (3 children)
I'd rather discuss the facts and maybe motivations, but please let me know if this is actually the two minutes of hate and we're supposed to start shouting incoherently at the show of a mugshot.
If the latter, I'll give it a miss, if you don't mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 4, Interesting) by deimtee on Monday October 28 2019, @10:33PM (2 children)
If you follow the video link to youtube, it gives a suggestion of another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr82oEnFO6s [youtube.com] where you find he has already been charged with setting fire to a hay trailer in Lone Jack because the company would not hire him. Setting fires seems to be his thing.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 29 2019, @06:24AM
Don't y'all have them older laws where you can set him on fire if found guilty? A fire for a fire and all that?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 29 2019, @11:53AM
Yes its called pyromania.