When Flaming gets out of control: Man Burns Down Trailer in Online Feud

[devilgrrl]

Man Burns Down Trailer in Online Feud
By ANGELA K. BROWN (Associated Press Writer)
July 26, 2007 1:53 PM EDT

ELM MOTT, Texas - A Navy man who got mad when someone mocked him as a "nerd" over the Internet climbed into his car and drove 1,300 miles from Virginia to Texas to teach the other guy a lesson.

As he made his way toward Texas, Fire Controlman 2nd Class Petty Officer Russell Tavares posted photos online showing the welcome signs at several states' borders, as if to prove to his Internet friends that he meant business.

When he finally arrived, Tavares burned the guy's trailer down.

This week, Tavares, 27, was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading no contest to arson and admitting he set the blaze.

"I didn't think anybody was stupid enough to try to kill anybody over an Internet fight," said John G. Anderson, 59, who suffered smoke inhalation while trying to put out the 2005 blaze that caused $50,000 in damage to his trailer and computer equipment.

The feud started when Anderson, who runs a haunted house near Waco, joined a picture-sharing Web site and posted his artwork and political views. After he blocked some people from his page because of insults and foul language, they retaliated by making obscene digitally altered pictures of him, he said.

Anderson, who went by the screen name "Johnny Darkness," traded barbs with Tavares, aka "PyroDice."

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[babylonsister]

1. Anger issues?

:wow:

[DS1]

2. HAHAH AH AHAH HAHAHH AHAHHA HHAHAHA

:thumbsup:

[Generator]

3. You DLC whore!

I'll be waiting on the front porch with my pitt bulls and baseball bat.

[AngryAmish]

6. I'll meet you in the parking lot of your favorite restuarant, Olive Garden!

[Generator]

11. Make that Macaroni Grill

and you're on! (You don't have a problem with THAT bastion of fine mass market Italian chain fare, do yah?)

[_testify_]

4. 'PyroDice'

says it all right there!

Posting pictures of the 'Welcome To' signs is really, really creepy.

[dorkulon]

13. Well... I'd say burning down the guy's home is a little creepier.

No offense, of course, sir. :scared:

[_testify_]

18. Allow me to clarify

Posting the photos is creepy.

Burning down someone's house is batshit loony.

No offense to any pyromaniacal batshit loonies out there.

[IChing]

5. Gezz what a "NERD"

"NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD"
"NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD"
"NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD"
"NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD"
"NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD"
"NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD"
"NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD""NERD"

[_testify_]

7. LOL

:spray:

[stirlingsliver]

8. Freeper Anger?

Anyone wanna bet this dude was a freeptard?

[bryant69]

9. "If I didn't have inner peace, I'd go completely

psycho on all you guys all the time."- Carl Carlson

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[MichaelHarris]

10. which one

is freeperish? If I had to make a guess it would be the pyro.

[unpossibles]

12. "his political views" - hmmm. I wonder.

is it wrong that I am assuming Mr. "PyroDice" is a freeper?

[tandot]

16. I don't think a liberal would be driving all across country because

someone called him a nerd.

Usually freepers are the ones who are spouting their hate and threaten violence against dissenters.

[unpossibles]

19. I know, but it also would surprise me that one of them

was actually in the military....

[tandot]

26. Well, those guys who tortured prisoners at Abu Ghraib were military

There is always a certain percentage of psychos in any field.

[depakid]

32. delete

dupe

[dorkulon]

14. I think both of these guys deserve what they got.

Cyber-bullies suck.

[DCKit]

15. Any word on what brand of diapers he wore on the trip? n/t

[tammywammy]

29. LOL

:rofl:

[devilgrrl]

17. Here's a profile of "PyroDice"..... it's a beauty. :evilgrin:

http://pyrodice.livejournal.com/profile

http://pyrodice.livejournal.com/

[tjwash]

20. Massive Libertarian, US Navy, 1997-2006, gun rights and freedom activist

Didn't even need to read any further than that. I wonder what his free republic handle is?

[AngryAmish]

35. and nerd, you forgot nerd

[MichaelHarris]

21. Well

"Massive Libertarian...freedom activist" unless it come to mobile homes, he hates their freedom.

[tammywammy]

27. LOL

:rofl:

"unless it come to mobile homes, he hates their freedom"

[MichaelHarris]

28. He could have just

shot the trailer. That way his military experience wouldn't have been wasted. They should make him serve his time in a FEMA trailer.

[dorkulon]

22. Waah.. girls don't like me ;...(

Surprisingly wussy for gun-jock.

[Quantess]

41. He posted his daily moods.

On Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Current Mood: Fuck you.
:yoiks:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

44. I hope Luke found a good home.

It's not his fault his daddy is a nutcase. :cry:

[tandot]

23. OH LOOK: PyroDice is looking for a casual fling:

http://www.ratemybody.com/profile_148789_PyroDice.html

He actually looks pretty nice for a psycho. But, so did Bundy.

[MichaelHarris]

25. he's real proud

of that beer can Christmas tree. I would call him a nerd but when he gets out of the joint he may burn me down.

[karlrschneider]

31. ratemybody dot com??? Okay, I've seen everything now.

:eyes:

[AlCzervik]

40. wow he really likes pleats, pants and shorts. thats enough to scare me away.

[billyoc]

24. Yesh!

:patriot:
USN '79-'83

[depakid]

30. "I didn't think anybody was stupid enough..."

Welcome to 21st Century America....

Even astronauts can be that stupid.

[The Magistrate]

33. Those, sir, Are Damned Near the Most Dangerous Words In the English Language

Right up there with "It can't get any worse...."

There is always someone stupid enough, and frequently a whole pack of them.

[unpossibles]

38. I once overheard a former neighbor yelling at her boyfriend/baby daddy/whatever

him: "now don't do anything stupid"

her (wearing house arrest anklet): "STUPID! STUPID!?! I'LL SHOW YOU JUST HOW STUPID I CAN BE!!"

[The Magistrate]

39. Thank You For The Laugh, Sir

[Guaranteed]

46. "If you will it, Dude, it is no dream."

-Walter Sobchak

[Blue_Tires]

34. i can't say i haven't ever wanted to do something like that

but to actually DO it? ferfuxake

seven years because the assclown had to prove he was king of the internets....

[proud patriot]

36. woa

:crazy:

[AngryAmish]

37. Ladies: He is single and looking

<http://profiles.yahoo.com/pyrodice>

He is also into ren fairs. The guy in Texas was right: He is a nerd.

[Catherine Vincent]

42. You know this guy was a republican!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

47. Kissing cousin

Libertarian.

[rasputin1952]

43. "Fire Controlman 2nd Class"... Wonder what he wold have done if he

was 1st Class?

[tammywammy]

45. Well, he took the everthing quiz

And was rated 50% geek....so how shocked could he have been when he was called a nerd? :shrug:

http://pyrodice.livejournal.com/2007/03/16/

[Berry Cool]

48. I have run into people online close to being this batshit crazy.

It's why I'll be careful about ever revealing my identity online again.

[Kingshakabobo]

49. Jesus-Christ on-a-trailer-hitch! How did I miss THIS thread?

I was about to post the story. Good thing I searched.

Kick.

Kinda cute, for a murderous pyromaniac.