Posted on 08/31/2021 10:53:02 AM PDT by sevinufnine
A Wytheville man faces arson and other charges for allegedly starting a fire in a store where his credit card was declined. About 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Wytheville Police were called to the Sheetz Convenience Store at 1340 N. 4th Street. They were told a customer had just had his card declined, left the store and returned with a gas can, the contents of which he poured on the floor and set afire. He then drove off as the store manager put out the fire. Wytheville Police, the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office and Virginia State Police began searching for the man. The car in which he drove off was found at an apartment complex. Shortly after, a Wythe County Sheriff’s deputy saw the male subject under a tractor trailer near a Lowes store. Police say the man had a hammer and there was a brief standoff before police used a Taser and he was arrested.
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He was taken to the New River Valley Regional Jail and is being held without bond. More charges are possible, according to police.
As sad as the state of this man’s reality is, I laughed out loud and figured other FRs may enjoy a chuckle. (Bet the “stand off” was a sight to behold ;)
Never bring a hammer to a firefight.
Real smart there. He over ran his card and then owes more for the fire and now court fines.
I guess he didn’t give a sheetz.
Or apparently, a taser fight either :)
Funny :0)
“If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning”
Mabe he’s in trouble.
Well, it is Wytheville.
If you driven that stretch if I-77, you will recognize this house. The Mansion at Fort Chiswell
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/325-Factory-Outlet-Dr-Max-Meadows-VA-24360/2069319006_zpid/
How long before the owner of the burned out place has to pay up?
Come on Mabe light my fire. Try to set the store on fi-re...
He should have worn a BLM shirt and an Antifa mask, he’d be praised for “sticking it to the patriarchy” or something.
As if it was the store’s fault...
Looney Tunes is the basis for reality these days.
Come on, man! He was just trying to buy some gas so he could get back to his home state, Florida. /sarc
Financial pressures always create further foolish behavior even when they are brought on by ones own failures to handle finances in the first place.
Not sure what brought him to the place he’s found himself. Could be a host of things.
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