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3 men arrested for using saw to cut down, steal traffic lights from poles, deputies say
CBS 11 News ^ | September 27, 2022 | Emily Van de Riet

Posted on 09/28/2022 12:38:52 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – Three men in Florida have been charged after attempting to steal traffic lights using a saw, officials said.

According to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, a detective was driving home around 1 a.m. Tuesday when he noticed a suspicious van stopped at an intersection with its headlights turned off.

The detective then noticed sparks coming from the area where traffic lights were in the process of being installed.

Additional deputies arrived at the scene, where they said they found three men using a saw to cut the traffic lights off the poles. By the time law enforcement arrived, the men had already successfully cut down three stop lights and placed them inside the van.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Local News; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arrest; florida; floridamen; hernandocounty; theft; trafficlights
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To: nomorelurker

21 posted on 09/28/2022 1:16:59 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“By the time law enforcement arrived, the men had already successfully cut down three stop lights and placed them inside the van.”

Once again, criminals brought down by their own greed. They could have gotten away with 3 lights but they had to try to get them all.


22 posted on 09/28/2022 1:17:48 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“3 men arrested for using saw to cut down, steal traffic lights from poles, deputies say”

Hopefully they don’t go to jail for long as there a few locations that I wouldn’t mind hiring them for.


23 posted on 09/28/2022 1:18:06 PM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 43 degrees)
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To: Red Badger

“If they had waited a day or two they wouldn’t have needed to use a saw ..................”

But then they might have needed to rent a boat.


24 posted on 09/28/2022 1:19:02 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I see the scenario as a bet being made at a party where a whole lot of beer has been consumed.


25 posted on 09/28/2022 1:23:15 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Gen.Blather

“The kids all went to prison for (I think third degree) murder.”

Basically any road modification done by an unauthorized person (other than a Leftist) that affects traffic and causes a serious accident is a felony. Something that parents should tell kids who like to ‘mess around’.


26 posted on 09/28/2022 1:24:41 PM PDT by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 43 degrees)
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To: Red Badger

Larry Darrel and Darrel


27 posted on 09/28/2022 1:29:00 PM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Should say, “Three Florida Men…”

Pictures are a bonus.


28 posted on 09/28/2022 1:32:32 PM PDT by Ken Regis
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

No DWI?


29 posted on 09/28/2022 1:34:53 PM PDT by dgbrown
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To: KarlInOhio
Stick to parking meters.

And don't follow leaders.

30 posted on 09/28/2022 1:36:50 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I wonder where you find a market for stolen traffic lights. Are cities just going to buy them without question?


31 posted on 09/28/2022 1:44:17 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Angle grinder violence.


32 posted on 09/28/2022 1:53:57 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What kind of fencing market is there for stolen traffic signals?


33 posted on 09/28/2022 2:10:24 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: al baby
We must outlaw saw violence

I saw that coming!
34 posted on 09/28/2022 2:13:13 PM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: Red Badger

Everytime I try to prove I love you
1, 2, 3 red light stops me
Baby you ain’t right to stop me
1, 2, 3 red light stops me
Everytime I try to love you
1, 2, 3 red light stops me
Baby every night you stop me
1, 2, 3 red light

And I was just trying to remember who recorded that song. Yeah, I had the album.

Yummy, yummy, yummy, I’ve got love in my tummy
And I feel like a-lovin you
Love, you’re such a sweet thing, good enough to eat thing
And that’s just a-what I’m gonna do
Ooh, love to hold ya
Ooh, love to kiss ya
Ooh, love I love it so


35 posted on 09/28/2022 2:14:52 PM PDT by oldvirginian (When I was a kid I wanted to be older…this is not what I expected)
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To: Red Badger

Definitely from the “hold my beer” side.


36 posted on 09/28/2022 2:16:10 PM PDT by mcshot (If we're the best of the bunch we're in trouble.)
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To: SamAdams76

at the dump I found a children Playing sign like the ones from our neighborhood, which were leftovers from the late 30s and has a boy in knickers running

Pride of place in the garage


37 posted on 09/28/2022 2:31:03 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives. Leftists are genocidal. )
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To: al baby

I saw what you did there, I’m stuned.


38 posted on 09/28/2022 2:32:12 PM PDT by null and void (Can't hear the Rod Serling narration? You are not in the audience. You are a part of the story.)
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To: nomorelurker

was it?
I see a butterfly...


39 posted on 09/28/2022 2:36:13 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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To: pandemoniumreigns

or mabe not


40 posted on 09/28/2022 2:41:42 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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