L.A. arson probe: Person of interest had 'creepy' smile, witness says

[tawadi]

January 2, 2012 | 7:33 am

When the man police have identified as a "person of interest" in Los Angeles' spate of recent arson attacks was sitting in the back of a squad car early Monday morning, a small group of witnesses gave him "the finger"-- and he returned the gesture with a smile, one witness said.

"It was creepy," said Rick Savage, a music producer who saw the incident at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue.

Savage said he was awake because he has been nervous about the string of arsons in recent days in his and other nearby neighborhoods. He said he had downloaded a police scanner application onto his iPad and went to the area at about 3:15 a.m. after hearing reports that authorities had tracked a person of interest in the case.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/arson-fires-person-of-interest-creepy-smile.html

Best headline yet.

[barbtries]

1. well i hope he's the one and the only one

because so far nobody's been killed right?

[Xicano]

2. I hope this is the person responsible and the police have enough evidence

Look at the license plate in the photo. Its not a California plate. How much do you want to bet that if this is the person responsible, its an out of state conservative right wing nut out to attack "libruls"...

[LonePirate]

3. What exactly is a creepy smile and how does it differentiate from a non-creepy one?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. see generally, Ron Paul vs. Shirley Temple

[tawadi]

5. lol

[MisterP]

6. ever seen Jack McBrayer smile?

[2pooped2pop]

8. I don't know about this guy but

did you ever see someone lose their smile? Try it in the mirror, it is creepy. Smile, while looking at someone,(or u in mirror) then suddenly dead drop the smile. It just looks creepy.

[Puregonzo1188]

7. Well then he must be guilty.