Posted on 01/16/2016 6:06:09 PM PST by bgill
Investigators spoke to the suspectâs mother who said she found Hodge sitting on the floor next to a small fire on the rug. She began yelling at Hodge who then picked up the burning rug and set it outside next to wood siding, which caused minor fire damage.
Sitting in a patrol car outside Hodge told investigators he was inside his room when he began to get in a bad mood due to a program he was watching about politics. He then burned a Syria hat with a lighter and placed it on the rug, all the while recording the scene on Instagram according to Hodge to make a political statement and to let people know he is not a âloserâ.
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He didn't want to let the cops in because he'd end up in the psych ward.
I’m sure he will be called on the carpet for this one
What is a Syria hat?
He sounds like a real loser.
Well, I’m certainly glad he cleared that up!
The San Francisco of Texas
Hanoi in the Hill Country
She didn’t get the text that hot pants are soooo 1970.
Back around 1960, My Father along with my Brothers and me replaced the carpet in our house.
We lived in the country and just burned the old one to get rid of it. When we lit it I was shocked by how fast and fiercely it burned. Just like it had been soaked in kerosene.
Thinking of what a firetrap that carpet had been was sobering.
I am sure that sort of thing is banned now.
Are you Syria’s?
You must not know that practically everything in the interior of your home is a petroleum product, carpeting, draperies, paint etc. thus, it is highly flammable.
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