Posted on 05/28/2010 3:12:34 PM PDT by notsofastmyfriend
A Boaz woman trying to retaliate against the person who repossessed her car got burned in the process.
Literally.
Authorities say Haleigh Elizabeth Boland, 26, accidentally set herself on fire while she was torching the car of the person who had taken hers. To make matters worse, the entire incident was caught on tape.
"It was just a big act of foolishness all the way around," said Etowah County Sheriff's spokeswoman Natalie Barton.
The incident happened May 8 when authorities said Haleigh Boland and her father, Benny Gene Boland, 50, went to a home on Carlisle Cut-Off Road in the Mountainboro community and poured gasoline on a car.
When investigators talked to the victim, they found the crime was recorded by a video surveillance system mounted on the home.
The video shows a person deputies say is Haleigh Boland catching on fire and taking off her burning clothes as she runs to a getaway vehicle driven by her father.
"It was a team effort," Barton said.
Father and daughter are charged with first-degree criminal mischief, which is a felony, authorities announced today. They have been released on $2,500 bond each.
Haleigh Boland suffered first- and second-degree burns on her upper body, Barton said.
Guilty.
Father and daughter team eh? The dumbass doesn’t fall far from the dumbass tree. LOLOL
And after that ... she's still ...
NOT GUILTY!
Nothing say dumb like holding a Home Depot 5 gallon pail with gasoline and gas fumes while using a 30 cent, made in China lighter.
( I give her a 3.8 on her ‘Flaming Polynesia Dance’ routine. )
Why were there TWO things on fire in the video? What else was on fire?
The Stupid It Burns!!
The bucket.
1) Pouring out a trail of gas,
2) failing to light the end -- while holding the gas-filled bucket,
3) dropping the gas bucket at the end of the trail (between you and escape),
4) walking back up into the middle of the poured trail,
5) standing there while lighting the gas under your feet,
6) torching yourself, -- and
7) running back through the fireball from the flaming bucket...
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"Stupid is as stupid does..." -- F. Gump
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(BTW, did anyone else notice that car driving merrily on by -- while the flames were lighting up the countryside?)
I’d say she was really burned up over the repo.
Amazing video!
Stupid should hurt.
What an idiot.
I’d love to be a fly on the wall at that woman’s trial.
Or better yet, sitting on the jury....
Drop and Rol!! Drop and Roll!!!
LOL
Thanks for the just before bedtime laugh.
She shoulda used a Zippo.
It was pretty hilarious
I don’t know if i consider her guilty.
I see at least a tiny hint of beauty in almsost all women.
Some have alot of it and some only have that cute smile or eyes or cheeks etc.
Mind you when i said “Almost all women”, HT and HC and MO etc come to mind.
” I see a tiny bit of beauty in almost all women”
man you must be using the Hubble telescope to look at Helen Thomas
Stop, drop, and book ‘em, Dano.
}:-)4
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