Victimless Crime File: Shotgun Wielding Man Believed Clowns Were Attacking Home in Wisconsin
As it turns out the man was high so there were no clowns, but plenty of mayhem:
Police responded early Friday to a call of shots fired at a home in Roberts and found a man apparently hallucinating an attack by clowns.
The 40-year-old man, armed with a shotgun, had fired several shots in his mother’s home. It also appeared that he fired a shot at his mother and visiting father as they fled from the home in a vehicle, said St. Croix County Sheriff Dennis Hillstead.
“Pellets probably hit their windshield,” Hillstead said.
Police arrived about 4 a.m. and surrounded the home. The man came to the door at one point and was “yelling at what he could see in the yard, but there was nothing there,” Hillstead said.
The man went back into the home and fired more rounds, Hillstead said. In total, about 22 shotgun rounds were fired into the walls and ceiling of the home.
The man then went to the porch with the shotgun in hand and a bag of ammunition around his neck. He did not respond to police commands, but after the man slipped and fell, deputies were able to take him into custody, Hillstead said.
While being taken to a hospital for examination, the man indicated he had taken a hallucinogenic drug. He said he believed that people dressed as clowns were attacking his mother’s home and that he had shot and killed a number of them, Hillstead said. He also said he had shot dogs that were attacking him and that his mother had been shot and killed.
“He was … not in touch with reality,” Hillstead said.
Yeah, that’ll happen when you’re tripping. Is it just me or is there something especially sad about a 40-year-old man getting high alone in his mother’s house?
Wisconsin, I should point out, is home to a large Juggalo population. Did he have a bad experience earlier in the day with some clown painted passerbys or is he a “hater” as the Juggalos say? Clearly he isn’t “down with the clown” as they say.
Since no one was hurt it looks like he’ll be in a psych ward until he’s clean then he’ll get probation or a fine. So Juggalos be warned, there’s a clown killer on the loose!
Man, if only drugs were legal this wouldn’t have happened, right guys?
Former Pastor Caught in Asheville After Not So Daring Prison Break
I was going to call him the New Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels but I don’t want to be sued by the well known indy wrestler. But seriously, who puts a deranged arsonist on a loosely supervised work detail? Read more
Morons Attacked By Bison They Provoked in Yellowstone
These people are so stupid it’s almost criminal:
Simpsonville Holding Another Upstate Family Reunion Is A Really Bad Idea
The Tribune-Times ran an article in yesterday’s edition titled “Reunion’s return eyed warily” (re-titled “Family Reunion returns to Simpsonville, some residents worry about crowds” on their website for some reason) which downplayed the damage and concerns about the annual Upstate Family Reunion festival. Last year attendees to the event damaged property, trespassed, destroyed residents yards and left Simpsonville’s Heritage Park looking like a war zone.
Residents are said to “have concerns” about this year.
35,000 people showed up last year and more may be coming this year. City officials are coordinating with event organizers and promoters to try to make things more orderly, including having 50 police on hand and the city many of which will be state troopers moonlighting and paid by Simpsonville.
It’s unclear who will be handling the massive clean up. Let me venture a guess – you. As in taxpayers who are footing the bill for a event too large to be handled by the meager resources Simpsonville has at it’s disposal anyway. It’s a waste of money, pure and simple.
There comes a point when whatever imaginary gains a city has for hosting an event is outweighed by the hundreds of thousands of real dollars it takes to hold it. And having witnessed the garbage strewn wasteland Heritage Park was transformed into last year first hand I think hundreds of thousands of dollars is a conservative estimate. How many businesses really benefited from the Family Reunion last year? How many of the vendors and bands were Simpsonville locals? Simpsonville is spending money so that people who don’t contribute to the city can make a quick buck and stick taxpayers with the mess.
I’m not the one running the cost benefit analysis but frankly, this just seems like a bad idea. Simpsonville residents got burned last year, and now the people who run the town are asking you to stick your hand back in the fire, because they’ve thrown more of your money into it so it’ll feel different.
This was a bad idea, and holding it again after the disaster of last year is a really bad idea. Simpsonville City Administrator Russell Hawes claims that if there’s problems similar to last year the event won’t be asked back. Let’s hope that’s true.
But since they didn’t learn their lesson last time I doubt it.
Church for Bikers Opens in Pickens
Good news?