Posted on 01/25/2023 6:46:37 AM PST by ViLaLuz
FOREST CITY, N.C. (WSPA) — Police are warning the public after finding razor blades on gas pump handles in Forest City, North Carolina and surrounding areas.
The Forest City Police Department said they have located multiple instances of razor blades being placed in gas pump handles.
Lt. Brandon Rothrock said the blades These incidents are under investigation by the Department of Agriculture.
“[The inspector] made us aware. … He said that he was checking some yesterday and found some in Ellenboro at a Roco Station,” said Rothrock. “So, that led him to check some of our local stations, and he found one at 74 Junction.”
He said all known blades have been removed.
“If you’re pumping gas, check. Look before you grab. Protect yourself however you need to,” said Rothrock. “It’s going to take some hours of reviewing video to see if we can come up with a suspect.”
It also happened at another gas station in Forest City.
“There is no explanation as to why someone would do this,” he said.
He said all known blades have been removed.
“If you’re pumping gas, check. Look before you grab. Protect yourself however you need to,” said Rothrock. “It’s going to take some hours of reviewing video to see if we can come up with a suspect.”
Customer Dan O’Bryan is no stranger to 74 Junction gas station.
“This particular gas station, I’m pretty much here every single morning, because I work just two minutes down the road from here,” said O’Bryan.
He said now he’s going to double-check before picking up the pump.
“I’m not surprised, but that’s definitely good to know. I’ll tell my wife about it,” said O’Bryan.
Rothrock said there haven’t been any injuries but that it is unknown how long the blades have been there or who is responsible.
“With these times — germs and things anyway — maybe wear gloves. Until we can come up with a solid answer,” he said.
These incidents are under investigation by the Department of Agriculture. In the meantime, police ask that you be aware of your surroundings while pumping gas.
damn eco-nazis
My family owned a lumber remanufacturing plant. I worked there for 8 years in the 1980s. It was a tough time to be in the lumber business anyway. When we ran a spiked rough piece of wood usually a 4x6 or 4x8 through our resaw it would send a lot of shrapnel flying. Most of it got caught by the guards on the machine but not all. Some would hit the person feeding the machine and sometimes the person who was stacking wood behind it. No one was seriously injured at our mill, but that was just luck. They sometimes did a lot of damage to the big bandsaw blades.
I used to hang glide near Morton Washington. Sometimes drunk out of work loggers looking for a fight would make the assumption that all people flying hang gliders were owl lovers. This created a few tense situations.
“ The Dept. of Agriculture is responsible for inspecting gas pumps and putting the sticker on them”
Same in Texas!
First Halloween candy, now this!
Should be really easy. The first person who gets cut, go back and review the tape from just prior. Or are these pumps rarely used? Around me, pumps are always busy.
Go back to full service gas stations, create jobs /s
“The Dept. of Agriculture is responsible for inspecting gas pumps and putting the sticker on them.”
No, not the Joe Biden, “I did that,” sticker. The other one.
There was once a woman who would bury razor blades just below the ground with only the blade sticking up from the soil. She did this on playgrounds so kids would cut their feet if they were barefoot.
The police caught her in the act.
Yes, evil.
And now it will happen across the country thanks to copycats.
Thanks
Thanks
May they be caught in the act and shot on site.
That is horrible to even imagine! Pure evil.
Yup.
Yes and it sounds like the same logic the pro abortionists did when the taped razor blades to school yard slides a few years ago.
Last time I was in Oregon, you couldn’t pump your own gas. State law.
I’ve never heard of those horrible acts, so horrible to even imagine. I think how is that even possible, but I know the answer. Jesus help us!
NJ is the same. The attendant does it for liability insurance reasons.
You can now in certain places, and at certain times.
Well actually they left the 5th one they knew about on the handle just to see what would happen.
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