Posted on 10/01/2018 4:21:27 PM PDT by dennisw
Border Patrol agent admits starting a wildfire which caused $8.2million worth of damage by shooting at colored explosive charge to reveal his baby's gender Dennis Dickey, 37, fired an explosive round at a powder-filled target at the party The target was supposed to explode with blue or pink dust to reveal the gender But a massive explosion set fire to a patch of land which spread very quickly Eventually it engulfed area covering 47,000 acres and caused $8.2m damage Dickey has now been ordered to pay $220,000 in restitution for starting the fire
A Border Patrol agent has pleaded guilty to starting a massive wildfire in Arizona on the day of his wife's gender reveal party.
Dennis Dickey, 37, pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor violation for starting the 2017 Sawmill Fire near Green Valley which is estimated to have caused around $8.2million worth of damage.
According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr Dickey started the fire by firing a rifle filled with Tannerite, a highly explosive substance, at a target — filled with either pink or blue powder.
The target was intended to explode in a burst of colour which would indicate the sex of his unborn child.
However, a massive explosion set fire to a patch of dry grassland which spread rapidly to engulf an area covering 47,000 acres of land within a week of his party trick.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Well, that escalated quickly...
Guess his kid won’t be going to college.
The Rifle was filled with tannerite?
“Dennis Dickey, 37, pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor violation for starting the 2017 Sawmill Fire near Green Valley which is estimated to have caused around $8.2million worth of damage.”
If the fire caused $8.2 million in damage, why is the perp only paying $220,000 in restitution?
Well, was it a boy or a girl?
Well, what did it reveal? At least they could’ve told us boy or girl.
I should’ve just read the excerpt......I went back to read the article, and you beat me by 3min.
Well I never heard of that, sounds dangerous. Tannerite is generally a target not a propellant.
Well, it’s an obvious question. Typical media omission.
Excerpt from a much more informative article:
On April 23, 2017, near Green Valley, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Dickey, who was off-duty at the time, ignited a fire that spread to Coronado National Forest, federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service. This fire was referred to as the “Sawmill Fire.” Dickey started the fire by shooting a rifle at a target. Dickey had placed Tannerite, a highly explosive substance, inside the target, intending for it to detonate when shot by a high-velocity firearm bullet.
See my #14.
“a rifle filled with tannerite” WTF?
I lived in this area for years, fires are not uncommon but there is more to this than tannerire and prairie grass.
Not criminal but very bad judgement. His joy turned to heartache very quickly.
it's a brit paper, they are even dumber that the L$M when it comes to firearms...
I bet the doofus placed the tannerite in front of 5 gal of gasoline.
And if he placed the charge in the target, he already knows what color the chalk dust is.
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