fire firegeezer on 29 Oct 2008 08:06 pm
Man Saves Earth, But Sets Apt. On Fire
THE SALT LAKE (UTAH) TRIBUNE IS REPORTING TODAY:
Salt Lake County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 29-year-old man Tuesday who claimed he was using flares inside his apartment to signal police agents who were orbiting the Earth.
A deputy, responding to a report of a burglary in progress near 4800 South and 2100 East, found the man at his downstairs apartment, beating his walls with a metal pipe. There also was smoke inside the apartment, and the deputy found a fire burning in a bedroom closet. The man was throwing objects at the walls, according to an affidavit filed with the Salt Lake County jail.
Deputies found several flares in the man’s pockets while detaining him, which he said he was using to signal police orbiting the Earth, Jaroscak said.
In addition to damaging his own apartment, he caused damage to some neighboring apartments as well and broke out the windows of several automobiles in the parking lot.
The man admitted that he has had some “mental health issues” in the past and that he is going through his second divorce.
Read the full story in the Tribune HERE.
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