Men Arrested for Setting Deadly 'Booby Traps' On Popular Hiking Trail

[Renew Deal]

Two men have been arrested for placing potentially deadly booby traps on a popular Utah hiking trail.

Police say Benjamin Steven Rutkowski, 19, and Kai Matthew Christensen, 21, of Provo, confessed to setting trip wires that could send a 20lb ball of spiked branches into a person's head, or trip a passer-by into a bed of wooden stakes.

The traps were discovered along the Big Springs trail in Provo Canyon last Saturday by a military-trained officer on foot patrol - before anyone was hurt.

A local news affiliate reports U.S. Forest Service officer James Schoeffler was doing a routine foot patrol of the South Fork Canyon when he spotted the traps outside a building used by families and young hikers, called The Fort.
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http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Men-Arrested-for-Setting-Deadly-Booby-Traps-Popular-Hiking-Trail-148542875.html

[Taylor Smite]

1. OMG

disgusting

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Ditto.

[CrispyQ]

3. Who raises shits like this?

"Deputies said it does not appear the suspects were attempting to hide anything, and they seem to have been set for fun."

Fun is setting a trap that could cause harm or death to someone you don't even know? I hope they do jail time.

[Whiskeytide]

7. Agreed.

How F'd up do you have to be to think of doing this to entertain yourself? What could possibly be going through their heads???

[Vincardog]

17. The same A-holes that raised the waste of space that went out of his way to run over my cat

I am not comparing the relative values of my cat and a human.
I am just saying that the hateful fool that we swerved out of his lane to hit my cat as it slept on the side of the road was probably
Raised by the same type of person.

[NutmegYankee]

21. That's horrible!

Sorry that happened to you.

[Vincardog]

22. It wasn't as hard on me as it was on the cat. Thanks for your concern. Humor is all that

keeps me going sometimes.

[HiPointDem]

4. give that forest service officer a medal. stuff like this freaks me out.

[Octafish]

11. +1: The guy should head the Secret Service.

The right man at the right moment deserves thanks and recognition.

[HappyMe]

5. Holy crap!

Seriously, wtf?

[Ecumenist]

6. WHAT THE HELL??!! Who raises spawn like this who think that it would be "FUN" to put up spiked

booby traps for unsuspecting hikers? What kind of people are these??!! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH MY COUNTRY? I think that we might look into lacing drinking water with Thorazine.

[Whiskeytide]

8. Gets my vote...

... Hell, I hike with my kids a lot. This scares the crap outta me. Now, if I see a couple of 20 year old guys out there looking suspicious, I guess I'll have to waste 'em!!

[Renew Deal]

12. "waste 'em"

What does that mean?

[okieinpain]

15. thank you for making that comment. I want to say that

every time a young white male does something stupid.

[closeupready]

9. Stupid is as stupid does.

I mean, are they taking their cues from "Dumb and Dumber"?

[Ikonoklast]

10. And they did it on Federal land. They are going to find out what a big-time mistake that is.

Good thing that they are young, they'll have lots of time to think about just how stupid they are.

[fascisthunter]

13. psychopaths in training

[etherealtruth]

18. They clearly have surpassed the need for training

They get to be 'card carrying" psychopaths at this point.

[4th law of robotics]

14. Reckless endangerment

Seems a bit light.

What is the maximum penalty for that?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

16. They should spend a good part of their twenties in prison...

...contemplating whether or not they still think this is a funny idea. I go hiking with my family all the time, and I'd say that these thoughtless idiots didn't understand what they were messing with. Threaten someone's family, and your life can become forfeit in very short order, no matter if your idiot ass just thought it was a joke.

[flamingdem]

19. major weirdo alert n/t

[Generic Other]

20. Domestic terrorism

They may get in more trouble than they expected.