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Firefighters set drug house on fire
NBC 6 Charlotte ^
Posted on 06/12/2003 5:55:53 AM PDT by Stew Padasso
Firefighters set drug house on fire 06/11/2003
By MARK BOONE / 6NEWS
A known drug house in north Charlotte goes up in flames and it's no accident.
Firefighters set the fire at a house near Statesville Avenue and I-85 Wednesday morning.
Police say the house has been a haven for drug dealers and prostitutes. The problem is so bad, the owner of the rental house agreed to let the city burn the building down.
Neighbors say the house has been a nuisance for several years, attracting all kinds of criminal activity.
The demolition is also a training exercise for Charlotte's newest firefighters. It's the last of several training drills in a 16-week academy.
Police hope the end of this house will bring an end to years of crime in this neighborhood.
The property owner hopes to build a business on the property.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: crack; drugden; drugs; fire; firefighter; fireman; firemen; flames; warondrugs; wod; wodlist
WOD fyi
To: Stew Padasso
I have to admit, I don't understand what burning down the house will do. It's not like crime doesn't know how to relocate.
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posted on
06/12/2003 5:59:40 AM PDT
by
TomServo
(Free Illbay!!)
To: TomServo
I have to admit, I don't understand what burning down the house will do I dunno, not sure who want to rent it - and I don't think I would feel all warm and fuzzy in a house once used for who know's what kind of sexual things....yeck. Who knows what sort of diseases are lurking there :) If I owned it I think I would be burning it down too, or at least leave it up and be a customer, got to be worth a discount when the landlord comes over to party ;)
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posted on
06/12/2003 6:09:49 AM PDT
by
chance33_98
(www.hannahmore.com -- Shepherd Of Salisbury Plain is online, more to come! (my website))
To: Stew Padasso
Kinda reminds me of Bradbury's Farhenheit 451. We're really running down the rabbit hole a bit too fast these days aren't we?
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posted on
06/12/2003 6:11:21 AM PDT
by
zeugma
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To: Stew Padasso; *Wod_list; jmc813
The owner and neighbors are more victims of the War On Some Drugs.
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posted on
06/12/2003 7:39:56 AM PDT
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
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WOD Ping
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posted on
06/12/2003 7:42:52 AM PDT
by
jmc813
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To: Stew Padasso
Are they sure they got the right house? LOL
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posted on
06/12/2003 9:29:11 AM PDT
by
adaven
(Gurrgle gurrgle dude, I can't believe the RINO we have as gov here in NV gurggle gurggle)
To: zeugma
From Farhenheit 451:
“We know the damn silly thing we just did. We know all the damn silly things we’ve done for a thousand years and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it, someday we’ll stop making the goddamn funeral pyres and jumping in the middle of them.” He goes on, “But even when we had the books on hand, a long time ago, we didn’t use what we got out of them.”
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posted on
06/12/2003 11:04:15 AM PDT
by
PaxMacian
(Gen. 1:29)
To: TomServo
Do they know how many drug dealers were inside when they torched it?
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