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Police: Boy, 10, set fire at Ohio store with people inside
wowk ^ | April 24, 2017 | STAFF

Posted on 04/24/2017 6:25:25 PM PDT by Morgana

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) - Police say a 10-year-old boy has been charged as a juvenile with aggravated arson after a fire at an Ohio discount store caused damage estimated at more than $200,000.

Middletown police Lt. Jim Cunningham says about 10 people were inside the Family Dollar store when the fire began Sunday afternoon. No one was hurt.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: arson; familydollar

1 posted on 04/24/2017 6:25:25 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

“Only a lad”


2 posted on 04/24/2017 6:32:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Is “boy” a euphemism for a really young “Teen”


3 posted on 04/24/2017 6:35:11 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%fe)
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To: BenLurkin
Didn't want to learn things
Had other interests
He liked to burn things!
4 posted on 04/24/2017 6:37:56 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Morgana

So will this boy be coddled and then graduate to other more serious crimes?? Does he have a father in his life??


5 posted on 04/24/2017 6:40:01 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Morgana

$200,000 worth of damage?
Must have been 200,000 items in the store..


6 posted on 04/24/2017 6:54:41 PM PDT by over3Owithabrain
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To: over3Owithabrain
Yeah, but then there's all the displays, potential ceiling damage, etc.

At a Summer job, one sprinkler went off in the warehouse, some what fortunately over some outdoor goods, but the stuff still got wet, followed by mold or mildew.

7 posted on 04/24/2017 7:07:33 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Morgana

Would it be okay to handcuff this ten year old?


8 posted on 04/24/2017 8:24:26 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: over3Owithabrain

That might include structural damage to the store itself?


9 posted on 04/24/2017 8:36:00 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Nifster

“Would it be okay to handcuff this ten year old?”

Nope. Do what my Grandma always said with a boy this bad. “Take him to the field and horsewhip him!”

However if the parents ever actually whipped him at all, much less a horsewhipping, you and I both know they’d be the ones in handcuffs probably why the kid did what he did.


10 posted on 04/24/2017 8:39:17 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

He may have been whipped plenty


11 posted on 04/24/2017 10:19:12 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dsrtsage

I would bet money on it.


12 posted on 04/25/2017 2:47:32 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ("A is A. A thing is what it is." Ayn Rand)
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To: Morgana

He might be auditioning for a job with Antifa, SEIU, or some other terrorist Democrat organization.


13 posted on 04/25/2017 2:52:02 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: BenLurkin

I just love Oingo Boingo!


14 posted on 04/25/2017 5:43:15 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan
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To: Nifster

For real? Am willing to bet this kid has no dad and mom is a poor excuse for a mother just like all other single moms who bought into this nothing that single motherhood is just grand.

How does a 10 year old go into a store and mom not know what he’s doing much less setting the place on fire? Our mom knew every second and if we cut up she just said our names sharply and that was the end of that.


15 posted on 04/25/2017 7:19:02 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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