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4 charged with tossing boulders onto passing cars
WSB 2 ^ | 8/20/2014

Posted on 08/22/2014 10:17:52 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

Gainesville police said they arrested two men and continue to search for two more after the men threw rocks off an interstate overpass and struck two vehicles.

One of the two victims spoke exclusively with Channel 2 Action News and said the rock's impact felt like an explosion.

"It was like a bomb went off," said John Chumley. "It made the van rock, and then all of a sudden, the window just blew out against me."

Chumley said he had finished making a delivery and was driving south on Interstate 985 around 1:30 Tuesday morning when he thought he noticed people standing on an overpass. A second later, he said, is when the rock hit.

"On the drivers' door right above where the mirror is," said Chumley. "It obviously must have ricocheted and broke the entire window, and then it bounced down the side of the van."

The van still bears deep grooves from the impact. Besides some glass in his eye, Chumley said he wasn't injured.

Police said that 30 minutes later, the four men tossed another rock, hitting a car driven by a Habersham County man who asked to be identified only as Les. The rock crashed through his roof and landed in his back seat. Luckily, he wasn't injured either.

The boulder that hit Les’ car was the size of a small microwave oven. It left a 2-foot-wide hole in his roof, shattering the back windshield.

“Peeled it back like a sardine can," Les said. "A foot over to the left, and half-second later, quarter-second, it would have taken my head off."

Les also said the impact was like a bomb going off.

“It was just sensory overload. Couldn't comprehend what was going on. Glass flying, the explosion. It was scary," said Les.

Gainesville police said they kept a watch on the bridge after the first impact, and because of that, were able to identify the four men.

They arrested Khyrie Harris and Juan Peterson and charged them with felony criminal damage and terroristic acts charges. They said they're looking for Michael Ellis and Kendrick Harris, too.

"It's a very, very dangerous situation," said Gainesville police spokesperson Cpl. Kevin Holbrook. "I can't imagine what would possess these individuals to commit these heinous acts."

Chumley's attorney, Kevin Ford, said it's a miracle anyone survived the impacts.

"If you have an object the size and weight of a microwave striking you in the vehicle, certainly it's going to endanger your life, may even take your life," said Ford.


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To: GeronL

A boulder is a rock larger than 256 mm diameter according to the Wentworth scale of sedimentary particles.


61 posted on 08/23/2014 5:16:15 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The guy on the left is a dead ringer for Whoopi Goldberg.


62 posted on 08/23/2014 5:25:57 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How did I know what they would look like???


63 posted on 08/23/2014 5:28:55 AM PDT by ontap
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To: LukeL
boul·der noun \ˈbōl-dər\ : a very large stone or rounded piece of rock Depends on an individuals definition of "very large".....obviously some would say a two hundred pound rock was very large....say as opposed to one that one could pick up and throw!!!
64 posted on 08/23/2014 5:33:49 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Organic Panic
He was spose’ to start college next week.”

Yea right....Barber college....it's offered at the prisons release program!!!

65 posted on 08/23/2014 5:37:05 AM PDT by ontap
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sheeshhhhhhhh warn us next time you put up something like that. Even Mick Jagger being saying that boy on the left got some big ass lips.


66 posted on 08/23/2014 6:00:36 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas (Wonder if Rush will mention cankles and her rent a dogs first thing?)
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To: GeronL

If you shove one off a cliff or overpass, it could be done.


67 posted on 08/23/2014 6:07:38 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Let’s call it what it is. . .attempted murder.


68 posted on 08/23/2014 6:10:12 AM PDT by Maudeen ("End Times Warrior - Sinner Saved by Grace")
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Yes. For future reference:

Gravel is 1/4 inch to 3 inches
Cobble is 3 to 12 inches
Boulder is greater than 12 inches


69 posted on 08/23/2014 6:28:56 AM PDT by BigBobber (`)
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To: BigBobber

This subhuman debris doesn’t deserve to be among humans. Throw the book at them for attempted murder. Maybe if they were 5 or 6 years old, I could be more “sensitive”.


70 posted on 08/23/2014 6:35:31 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Altura Ct.
They may want to rethink the whole evolution theory maybe call it Devolution.
71 posted on 08/23/2014 6:35:31 AM PDT by ABN 505 (-)
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To: Altura Ct.

If they outlaw rocks, only outlaws will have rocks.


72 posted on 08/23/2014 6:58:46 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (quod est Latine morositate)
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To: kaehurowing

Before I saw the photos I knew they were black because there was NO MENTION of their race in the story.


73 posted on 08/23/2014 7:01:06 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Whoa! Who is the Gentle Giant on the left?

They all ought to be prosecuted for attempted murder.

74 posted on 08/23/2014 7:13:40 AM PDT by Gritty (To remain free, a people need the spirit of liberty. Once lost, there's no easy roads back.-Mk Steyn)
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To: Morgana
peel their hide off with a dull knife, and feed it to them...
75 posted on 08/23/2014 7:18:30 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: VietVet

Me, too. I never understand how Freepers can stoop so low as to discuss appearances in such a way.

One little boy I knew was burned on his arms. He would pick his skin grafts all the time. Still wonder about him and his 3 brothers. Very hard life.


76 posted on 08/23/2014 7:25:33 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: chris37

Think sometimes, about scars.


77 posted on 08/23/2014 7:26:38 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Altura Ct.

There were Ferguson reports of scum dropping rocks on cars on I-70.


78 posted on 08/23/2014 7:47:48 AM PDT by Rockpile
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To: tumblindice
Not to take up for the accomplice, but he's been burned, badly, on his face. Those are keloids as scar tissue.

Carry on...

79 posted on 08/23/2014 7:53:50 AM PDT by Maigrey (Life, for a liberal, is one never-ending game of Calvinball. - giotto)
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To: huldah1776

I know what they are, he looks like the monster that he is however.


80 posted on 08/23/2014 8:38:47 AM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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