Pair arrested after car catches fire at Roseburg Walmart
ROSEBURG, Ore. - Two people who ran into a Roseburg Walmart after their car caught fire in the parking lot Monday face criminal charges.
Police arrested Kenneth Ingram, 48, of Sutherlan, on charges of reckless burning, criminal mischief, resisting arrest and offensive littering.
Officers also arrested Paula M. Hatch er, 57, of Roseburg, on charges of reckless burning and criminal mischief.
Both Ingram and Hatcher also had warrants out for their arrests on other charges, police said.
The duo were trying to siphon fuel from the engine block of a 1997 Ford sedan into an antifreeze bottle in the parking lot of the Walmart on Stewart Parkway when something sparked in the engine compartment.
The fuel caught fire, as did the car. The fire caused damage to the new parking lot, police said.
Police said Ingram and Hatcher ran inside the Walmart when they heard the sirens from fire engines.
Officers took Hatcher into custody on a warrant without incident.
But when police moved to take Ingram into custody, he resisted arrest and had to be restrained to be handcuffed, according to police.
Once placed in a patrol car, Ingram spit all over the interior, police said.
Nasty! Just nasty theiving people.Â
The article didn't say, but I hope they haven't spawned any other ilk like them.
"offensive littering" That is a good one. If they are referring to their car, half the cars in Wal-Mart the owners could be arrested for offensive littering.
The people of Walmart.....
Todays many faces of METH.
I hope these two don't give Wal Mart a bad name.
On the other hand, if they did, think what an accomplishment that would be!
@Kushfan  KEYBOARD ALERT I was just about to take a drink of coffee......
Their mugshots should be considered "offensive littering" (*shudder*)
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It's just a matter of time until they end up on peopleofwalmart.com
Siphoning fuel from an engine block? Not sure how one would even do that - especially on a fuel-injected car. More likely they tried disconnected a high pressure fuel line which sprayed onto the hot engine. Pretty idiotic all the way around.
@Ifishsum the cigarettes they were smoking probably sparked the fire
Someone needs to review the facts as stated, I am not n automobile person but it seems to me that perhaps they were pouring gas into the carburetor to start the engine and it backfired. Otherwise, while one can get gas from the fuel pump at the engine, I am unsure why you would want to from your own car.
...offensive littering...???
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Not that I go very often, but I've seen lots of offensive littering in a Walmart parking lot. Go arrest all of them.
If you don't go to Wal Mart very often how in the world are you going to buy my Birthday gift?
@Kushfan  Victoria Secrets catalog
@phastphx  apparantly the catalog will suffice.
@WendyTeagarden Does he get just the catalog or can he pick and choose from the pages inside it.........Where's cubsnguns when there are red pumps to be had?
You owe me a new monitor cuz that link you posted burned mine up.
Had to laugh at that also Wen, just what is "Offensive Littering" compared to regular "Littering"?
 @phastphx On a serious note, offensive littering is making a BIG mess (like dumping bags of garbage) and/or leaving hazardous, toxic, bio or other particularly nasty waste.
 @WendyTeagarden  @Ifishsum It should be.
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(1) A person commits the crime of offensive littering if the person creates an objectionable stench or degrades the beauty or appearance of property or detracts from the natural cleanliness or safety of property by intentionally:
(a) Discarding or depositing any rubbish, trash, garbage, debris or other refuse upon the land of another without permission of the owner, or upon any public way or in or upon any public transportation facility;
(b) Draining, or causing or permitting to be drained, sewage or the drainage from a cesspool, septic tank, recreational or camping vehicle waste holding tank or other contaminated source, upon the land of another without permission of the owner, or upon any public way; or
(c) Permitting any rubbish, trash, garbage, debris or other refuse to be thrown from a vehicle that the person is operating. This subsection does not apply to a person operating a vehicle transporting passengers for hire subject to regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission or the Department of Transportation or a person operating a school bus
@Ifishsum @phastphx  Do used diapers count?
 @phastphx That offense happened the moment these two set foot on the property.
Cyphoning gas from a hot engine.....you just can't fix stupid. Why, oh why are stupid allowed to breed?