A wannabe UK arsonist has been intercepted and arrested by police after he was caught bragging about his intended actions on gaming portal Newgrounds. The 16-year-old moron was spotted by a Montreal man who took the threat seriously enough to alert British authorities.
"I saw this thread started by this guy," explains the 21-year-old student, who saw this thread started by this guy. "It didn't seem serious at first. It said that today at 11:30 a.m. GMT I will commit violence and other forms of arson against my school [in Norfolk]. He had posted a picture of a gas can."
Although the police had no address and only a forum thread to go on, they were able to track down the teen within an hour thanks to help from the Newgrounds community. He was found with a knife, matches and a canister of flammable liquid, looking like he meant serious business.
The worst part of this story is that it's happened before, which makes the apprehended firestarter look even more stupid. Last year, a GameFAQs poster burned down a church and then boasted about it on the message board, an act which led to his arrest. If you can't learn from people's mistakes, then you really shouldn't be allowed out of your house.
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9:00 AM on 03.21.2009
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Burn down places but don't tell people!
he still is a bit of a retard though.
When you post an arson threat on a highly trafficked website and make it look serious enough for someone to report it.
Morons......
I hope my kid will work out quite quickly two things - Never $hit where you eat & if you run with the wolves, you'll learn how to howl.
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1039574/1
Well, he still gained some notorietey; probably not what he'd wanted as the douche that burned down his school, but as the douche who got caught before he did anything because of his retarded stunt at getting his name around the internet as the douche who burned down his school.
The scary thing is, I only live a couple of dozen miles away. The link has three links to the local newspaper article I got.
He is not a moron for posting, he is a moron for wanting to burn the school!
shush!!! you just broke rule#1
aww shit...
I are arsonist. serious business
thanks for the link, that made some really interesting and disturbing reading.
Typical "Evil Guy" behaviour.
But you can leave the house if you want to burn a building down but down tell anyone? Excuse me one second...