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Arrest made in Shoreview arson case, suspect blames Jack Daniel's
pioneer press ^ | 8-19-10 | Mara H. Gottfried

Posted on 08/19/2010 7:03:05 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB

A 65-year-old man who allegedly set a fire that burned 15 garages in Shoreview told investigators he had been drinking Jack Daniel's whiskey and it makes him "crazy and stupid," the Ramsey County sheriff said.

Sheriff's deputies and Lake Johanna fire officials were called to the 3500 block of Owasso Street about 7 p.m. Wednesday, regarding the fires at an apartment complex. Four of the garages were a total loss and three vehicles were destroyed, the sheriff's office said.

Witnesses said they had seen Charles Stanley Ritter "in the area before the fire and smelled large quantities gas fumes coming from the garage area," according to a sheriff's office news release. "Witnesses also reported seeing Ritter leave the scene at a high rate of speed in a vehicle."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: arrest; arson; daniels; jack
at least he didn't blame Bush.
1 posted on 08/19/2010 7:03:07 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Was the Jack Daniels higher than 100 proof?


2 posted on 08/19/2010 7:04:58 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: WOBBLY BOB
"whiskey and it makes him "crazy and stupid,"

Yep, I know that feeling...

3 posted on 08/19/2010 7:05:12 PM PDT by Mariner (USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Hold muh Jack!


4 posted on 08/19/2010 7:08:10 PM PDT by Weaponier (FREE TEXAS!)
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To: Mariner
"whiskey and it makes him "crazy and stupid,"

Yep, I know that feeling...

Black Jack made me crazy and stupid on a number of occasions. That's why I gave it up many years ago. I never started any fires, at least I don't think so.
5 posted on 08/19/2010 7:11:54 PM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough.)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

I guess Jim Beam had an alibi.


6 posted on 08/19/2010 7:15:40 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: NativeNewYorker

Jim Beam does have an alibi: He was over at my place.


7 posted on 08/19/2010 7:33:25 PM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

What about Johnny Walker?


8 posted on 08/19/2010 9:09:56 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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