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Cops: Man Left Bizarre Booby Trap for Visitors
1010wins ^ | 04/06/08 | 1010wins

Posted on 04/06/2008 1:21:18 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3

Bay Shore, L.I. (1010 WINS) -- Police have charged a Bayshore, Long Island man with reckless endangerment for allegedly booby-trapping his apartment door with a large knife taped to a crutch.

Authorities say the building superintendent at 315 Brook Avenue discovered the crude device while trying to open the door for a phone company worker on Thursday.

Police say the contraption appeared to be set up to injure anyone who walked in.

The resident, Eric Stetz, was arrested Saturday and released on bail. He could not be immediately reached for comment.

His mother told Newsday that her son had rigged the device to protect himself from squatters who had taken up residence in the building.



TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: boobytrap

1 posted on 04/06/2008 1:21:19 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
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To: TornadoAlley3
There are several booby trap guns listed in Flayderman’s
“Guide to Antique American Firearms”
2 posted on 04/06/2008 2:30:00 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (McCain will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Just how is it reckless if this is inside this mans house? Some turd wants to break in and gets cut, guess he shouldn’t have been breaking in peoples houses, end of story. This guy should be hailed for an inventive way of protecting your house, not prosecuted.


3 posted on 04/06/2008 2:59:05 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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To: vpintheak
Just how is it reckless if this is inside this mans house?

I guess you missed the part about the super letting in the phone guy.

4 posted on 04/06/2008 3:03:18 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Moonman62

Why does any one have the right to enter your house with out permission?
If the man wanted the super to let him in he would have disarmed the Booby trap.


5 posted on 04/06/2008 4:35:53 PM PDT by Creationist (May the Lord Jesus bless you.)
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To: Creationist
Why does any one have the right to enter your house with out permission? If the man wanted the super to let him in he would have disarmed the Booby trap.

Comes with being a renter. Landlord has the right to enter for repairs, etc. (Doesn't mean the landlord has the right to go through your personal effects though.)

6 posted on 04/07/2008 7:52:24 AM PDT by scan59 (Let consumers dictate market policies. Government just gets in the way.)
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To: scan59

What happens if you have dogs and one of them bites whoever is coming in...be it for repairs or malicious reasons? Can they charge you the same as they did this man?


7 posted on 04/07/2008 8:52:25 AM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: trussell
What happens if you have dogs and one of them bites whoever is coming in...be it for repairs or malicious reasons? Can they charge you the same as they did this man?

Good question. Wish I knew the answer.

8 posted on 04/07/2008 1:33:32 PM PDT by scan59 (Let consumers dictate market policies. Government just gets in the way.)
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To: scan59

Even though some of them do it anyway. They think “I own it” means they have more rights than they really do.


9 posted on 04/07/2008 1:46:18 PM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what IÂ’ve done here today doesnÂ’t force you to have a negative opinion of meÂ….)
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To: scan59

Landlord also has a responsibility to protect renters from squatters.


10 posted on 04/14/2008 10:06:43 PM PDT by YCTHouston
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