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Man Sets Off Booby Trap... in His Own Home
WLNS-TV ^
| 9-14-2007
| Jill Wagner
Posted on 09/15/2007 11:40:31 PM PDT by Westlander
A Lansing man may lose his right hand after triggering a booby trap in his own home.
Police and fire officials say 50-year-old say Victor Iacobescu had been the victim of several break-ins. So he decided to protect his home from future burglars.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: bomb; booby; trap
Oooops.
To: Westlander
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posted on
09/15/2007 11:44:31 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("A person's a person no matter how small." -Dr. Seuss)
To: Westlander
Victor Iacobescu Polish Mine Detector?
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posted on
09/15/2007 11:45:50 PM PDT
by
Dumpster Baby
("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
To: Westlander
Police are investigating the incident with the intent to pursue charges. Charged with stupidity. The police and the man.
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posted on
09/15/2007 11:46:15 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(Sic Semper Tyrannis * U.Va. Engineering '09 * Friends Don't Let Friends Vote Democrat * Fred in 2008)
To: Westlander
You just have to remember where you set those booby traps. At least it wasn't in the toilet.
Another headline from the same news site: UPDATE: Head May Be Connected to Torso
LOL.
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posted on
09/15/2007 11:46:18 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
To: Dumpster Baby
That looks like a Romanian name.
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posted on
09/15/2007 11:56:14 PM PDT
by
Defiant
("Expectorate" has Specter in it.)
To: Westlander
They do say that a siege mentality is ultimately self defeating.
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posted on
09/16/2007 12:06:44 AM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(Thompson / Hunter in 2008)
To: Westlander
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posted on
09/16/2007 2:34:59 AM PDT
by
A. Morgan
(Fred Thompson’s solid, he does not waffle. Fred 2008!)
To: Westlander
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posted on
09/16/2007 2:43:17 AM PDT
by
Hugin
(Mecca delenda est.)
To: Dumpster Baby
Polish Mine Detector?
Probably Romanian based on his last name..
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posted on
09/16/2007 2:47:06 AM PDT
by
Kozak
To: Westlander
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posted on
09/16/2007 5:11:04 AM PDT
by
Leisler
(Just be glad you're not getting all the Government you pay for.)
To: Westlander
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posted on
09/16/2007 5:42:39 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: PeteB570
The Briney Trap Gun Case went all the way to the US Supreme Court and the burglar won. The guy should be damned glad he only shot himself.
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