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.
No. They’d fail the IQ and Racial Purity tests.
Paging Jeff Foxworthy... Paging Jeff Foxworthy.
$5,000 unsecured bond
for shooting at passing cars,
which sounds like a pretty major felony.
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.
On the bright side, it’s good to see a father and son doing things together.
Somebody’s got to pick up the slack with Florida folks reeling from Irma.
The two are named well... sure made a messer out of things.
Their cup of White Privilege done runneth over.
I think I hear someone playing Dueling Banjos.
Must have been some good beer.
There always is.
Nah, sometimes all you need is beer. A whole bunch of it.
Red Neck Privilege
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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“the two were burning a lawnmower and car in their front yard”
totally bogus arrest: they wuz jist barbecuing redneck style.
Yes, but I never set fire to my own house, that’s just crazy!
It’s legal to burn your own house down? Seems like you could be endangering others’ property, firemen, etc.
“the duo was was watching”...definitely
redneck...
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