Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Taunted as a 'nerd,' sailor drives across USA and burns down man's home

From usatoday, John Anderson called Russell Tavares a "nerd" while they were chatting on the Internet. In response, the Waco Tribune-Herald says the 25-year-old sailor drove from Virginia to Texas and burned down his taunter's trailer.

“There was no real fight other than I called him a nerd,” Anderson, 59, tells the Tribune-Herald. “And then he said he was going to kill me.”
The fire gutted Anderson's mobile home. KCEN-TV says Tavares pleaded guilty to arson and was sentenced this week to seven years in state prison.

Learn more about Tavares at what appears to be his website, under the name PyroDice.

1 comment:

Octopunk said...

Aw rats, the nerd's website is no longer viewable. Does the guy with the burnt trailer get to burn down the nerd's house now? That'd be fun justice.

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