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Drinking duo in NC watched car, lawnmower burn while shooting at passing cars, deputies say
wbtv ^ | 9/21/17 | Staff

Posted on 09/21/2017 5:44:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase

STATESVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) – Two men were arrested in Iredell County Tuesday after police say one of them shot at passing vehicles while the two were burning a lawnmower and car in their front yard.

Deputies were called to a home on the 800 block of Blackwelder Road after someone reported shots being fired at passing motorists. Once on scene, law enforcement found 30-year-old Bobby Lee Messer Jr. and 62-year-old Jimmy Carson Messer in the yard drinking beer.

According to the report, the duo was watching a lawnmower and vehicle “fully engulfed in flames burn.” Bobby Messer, they said, admitted to having a gun in his pocket.

Deputies said that during the investigation, Jimmy Messer slipped free from his handcuffs and was hindering their work. Both men were then arrested.

Bobby Messer was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and given a $5,000 secured bond. Jimmy Messer was charged with resist obstruct and delay and given a $5,000 unsecured bond.

After being released, deputies say Jimmy Messer walked home, then set fire to his house around 3:49 a.m. He was taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries and his condition have not been released.

No charges were filed in the house fire because Jimmy Messer owned the property he set fire to.


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KEYWORDS: densa; drunks; holdmuhbeer; iredellcounty
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To: faithhopecharity

No. They’d fail the IQ and Racial Purity tests.


21 posted on 09/21/2017 6:12:08 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Rebelbase

Paging Jeff Foxworthy... Paging Jeff Foxworthy.


22 posted on 09/21/2017 6:13:27 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Dump Flake)
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To: Rebelbase
Hey, who among us hasn't burned a car and lawnmower while shooting at passing cars?
23 posted on 09/21/2017 6:14:48 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Rebelbase

$5,000 unsecured bond
for shooting at passing cars,
which sounds like a pretty major felony.


24 posted on 09/21/2017 6:21:00 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

Shooting at cars should get you prison time. Merely burning a house/car you own shouldn’t be police blotter worthy if the smoke doesn’t bother the neighbors.


25 posted on 09/21/2017 6:35:50 PM PDT by posterchild (Science makes the Dr. see what is not, and prevents him from seeing what is clear to everyone else)
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To: Rebelbase

On the bright side, it’s good to see a father and son doing things together.


26 posted on 09/21/2017 6:40:14 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Rebelbase

Somebody’s got to pick up the slack with Florida folks reeling from Irma.


27 posted on 09/21/2017 6:47:46 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Rebelbase

28 posted on 09/21/2017 6:47:50 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: Rebelbase

The two are named well... sure made a messer out of things.


29 posted on 09/21/2017 6:51:02 PM PDT by piasa
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To: Rebelbase

Their cup of White Privilege done runneth over.


30 posted on 09/21/2017 6:55:36 PM PDT by piasa
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To: Rebelbase

I think I hear someone playing Dueling Banjos.


31 posted on 09/21/2017 7:11:47 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Rebelbase

Must have been some good beer.


32 posted on 09/21/2017 7:13:27 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
There’s some meth in this story somewhere.

There always is.

Nah, sometimes all you need is beer. A whole bunch of it.

33 posted on 09/21/2017 7:18:04 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Rebelbase

Red Neck Privilege


34 posted on 09/21/2017 7:20:48 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: shibumi
Methalina’s cousin and Felony’s cousin/fiance’ made the news!

They was burnin' lawnmowers cause ain't nothin good on the television box. They swear theys gonna pay that cable bill next month.

'Sides, burnin' yard tools is a dern good show. Specially If'n sister/wife havin' her time.

amirite, Bubblegumlubber?

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35 posted on 09/21/2017 7:26:14 PM PDT by bagster
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To: Rebelbase

36 posted on 09/21/2017 7:32:57 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: Rebelbase

“the two were burning a lawnmower and car in their front yard”

totally bogus arrest: they wuz jist barbecuing redneck style.


37 posted on 09/21/2017 7:55:02 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Ken H

Yes, but I never set fire to my own house, that’s just crazy!


38 posted on 09/21/2017 7:56:45 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: Rebelbase

It’s legal to burn your own house down? Seems like you could be endangering others’ property, firemen, etc.


39 posted on 09/21/2017 8:02:49 PM PDT by Burma Jones
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To: Rebelbase

“the duo was was watching”...definitely
redneck...


40 posted on 09/21/2017 8:49:55 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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