Jimmy Messer (left) and Bobby Messer Jr (right) (Iredell County Sheriff's Office)
They were just taking a break from rocket surgery.
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.
They were just taking a break from rocket surgery.
Make er smoke Bobby, make er smoke.
That was a good one
This going to be a great thread.
Hmmm. Does he do this every time he's released?
Some things just need burnin’...
Methalina’s cousin and Felony’s cousin/fiance’ made the news!
Here, hold muh ... uh ... never mind.
they’d fit right in...to Chicago
There’s some meth in this story somewhere.
There always is.
Jimmy Bobby have a sister named Wanda Mary Sue Jo Beth that set the fire cuz they were late on they’re child support ? Or they just drunk ?
Keep the home fires burning...through winter, and you’ll be just fine.
Somebody just got served with divorce papers or a foreclosure notice, I’m betting. The “you ain’t gittin’ it” mentality.
And, for everyone on the thread new to the region, the correct pronunciation of Iredell is “Ardle.”
Was he being treated for burns? Or mental illness?
Was he being treated for burns? Or mental illness?
This reads like something from a Charles Portis novel.
Damn. A mullet, a beer binge, shooting at passing motorists, and setting fire to your lawn mower and your house. If there isn't a country song in this I'll be very disappointed.
“Hold muh meth.”
Typical Trump-supporting flyover country Republicans - ask any liberal. :)
Too bad “Deliverance” was made so long ago. Those two would have been perfect to star in it.
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