Area Man Charged With Trying to Burn His House Down

Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:10 AM

A 56 year old area resident has been charged with arson , after it is alleged that he set his home on fire , on Louise Drive, north of the city limits , shortly after 9.45 pm last night.

Police arrested the man at the scene without incident.

The Pilot Mountain Fire department had responded to the scene of the fire and was able to contain the blaze.

Damage has been estimated at about $90,000 dollars. No one was injured during the incident.

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Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:10 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: owl on May 26 2007 12:36 PM

"HIS" house? So he must have forgotten to take out a burning permit? Was it an air advisory day?

Then again, maybe he found someone with a grow op in his house and he took the advice of several of the posters on here.

;-)

Posted by: ICEMAN on May 26 2007 1:25 PM

haha :)

Posted by: Fancycamper on May 26 2007 2:26 PM

I know it is illegal to burn your house down and try to collect the insurance. But unless there are burning restrictions, I don't believe it is illegal to burn your own property.

Posted by: thereasonableman on May 26 2007 3:07 PM

That's cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Posted by: Chadermando on May 26 2007 4:44 PM

Maybe he thought it would be easier than cleaning the place up? Tough call in a sellers market....

Posted by: Harbinger on May 26 2007 4:56 PM

Cheaper than Holmes on Homes, I guess.

Posted by: Harbinger on May 26 2007 4:58 PM

He was "trying" to burn his house down? $90,000 dollars damage? Good try, I must say.

Posted by: lmorg on May 26 2007 5:20 PM

Maybe he works in Mackenzie?

Posted by: thereasonableman on May 26 2007 7:51 PM

I suspect the home was being seized or foreclosed on. Probably got emotional and lost his temper. Just a guess, I don't know.

Posted by: scruffy on May 26 2007 8:06 PM

the poorguy had medical problems,i listen to a scanner, he wasn't in a normal state of mind.

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on May 26 2007 10:03 PM

Owl, you funny!!!

Posted by: spanky on May 27 2007 12:06 AM

Thanks for the info scruffy. You scanner guys hear all the good stuff.

Posted by: sg111 on May 27 2007 6:14 PM

did you ever think maybe he was not interested in what you idiots would think about him but about maybe some problems in hsi own life. It was HIS house, NO ONE was in it, NO ONE was meant to get hurt, he is not CLAIMING it was an accident or trying to get insurance. Do you people not have any thing better to do than post retarded comments on this site. Just remember some people out there LOVE this man and KNOW what was going on and what REALLY happened. Not the retarded guesses on here.

Posted by: owl on May 27 2007 11:06 PM

People do not normally take a chainsaw to a house to saw it in half. People do not normally burn their own house down. People do not normally drive a truck into their own front door.

It seems obvious that someone who does so is quite eccentric, shall we say.

Posted by: Harbinger on May 28 2007 12:05 AM

If you are rich you are eccentric. If you are poor you're just crazy. Got that?

Posted by: skabowl1 on May 28 2007 10:47 AM

well now sg111 sure seems to have lots of information. Perhaps he should let the rest of us in on it! Come on sg111, what really happened?

Posted by: metalman on May 28 2007 2:51 PM

Maybe a bad case of divorce?
metalman.