Darwin at work...
http://www.gjsentinel.com/search/con...Gas_theft.html
By LE ROY STANDISH
The Daily Sentinel
Friday, May 02, 2008
An 18-year-old man rushed himself to the hospital this morning with burns to his hands after a gas-siphoning scheme backfired on him early Friday morning, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Department.
At approximately 3 a.m. the man peered into a portable gas tank with a cigarette lighter “to see how full it was,” said Heather Benjamin, Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman.
The fumes ignited, and his clothes caught on fire, she said.
The teenager and his 19-year-old accomplice apparently were stealing gas from a boat and a four-wheeler at 541 1/2 Grand Valley Drive in Fruitvale, Benjamin said.
The Clifton Fire Department was dispatched at 3:19 a.m. and found a gas can on fire underneath a car port. A torched jacket, which had been extinguished earlier by a neighbor, was nearby in the middle of the road, Benjamin said.
“Then, just momentarily after that, St. Mary’s (Hospital) notified dispatch that they had one male that had burns,” she said.
Cody Sellars, 18, of Rifle and Timothy Long, 19, of Grand Junction were given summonses on suspicion of fourth-degree arson, theft and trespassing, she said.
hmm...this guy made an ash out of himself...
By LE ROY STANDISH
The Daily Sentinel
Friday, May 02, 2008
An 18-year-old man rushed himself to the hospital this morning with burns to his hands after a gas-siphoning scheme backfired on him early Friday morning, according to the Mesa County Sheriff’s Department.
At approximately 3 a.m. the man peered into a portable gas tank with a cigarette lighter “to see how full it was,” said Heather Benjamin, Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman.
The fumes ignited, and his clothes caught on fire, she said.
The teenager and his 19-year-old accomplice apparently were stealing gas from a boat and a four-wheeler at 541 1/2 Grand Valley Drive in Fruitvale, Benjamin said.
The Clifton Fire Department was dispatched at 3:19 a.m. and found a gas can on fire underneath a car port. A torched jacket, which had been extinguished earlier by a neighbor, was nearby in the middle of the road, Benjamin said.
“Then, just momentarily after that, St. Mary’s (Hospital) notified dispatch that they had one male that had burns,” she said.
Cody Sellars, 18, of Rifle and Timothy Long, 19, of Grand Junction were given summonses on suspicion of fourth-degree arson, theft and trespassing, she said.
hmm...this guy made an ash out of himself...