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tenderfoot

(8,588 posts)
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 11:45 AM Aug 2018

Man threatens Wendy's landscaper with gun after grass gets on car, police say [View all]

A Lawrence man is facing gun charges after brandishing a gun at a landscaper outside a fast-food restaurant, police said.

Lawrence police were called to the Wendy’s on Hampshire Street at about noon on Thursday for a report of a man threatening another man with a gun.

When police arrived at the restaurant, a landscaper told them while he was using a leaf blower, some grass clippings blew into the air onto a black Acura sedan. A man in that car then got into a verbal altercation with the landscaper and brandished a firearm that was tucked into his waistband, police said.

The car was located a few minutes later and the driver, identified as Franklin Mauel Laras, 21, was arrested. A firearm was found in his waistband, police said.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/man-threatens-wendys-landscaper-with-gun-after-grass-gets-on-car/22636685

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Franklin Mauel Lewis demonstrates why idiots shouldn't have guns. Doodley Aug 2018 #1
He was not legally carrying so, yes, he is an idiot. Most criminals are. nt hack89 Aug 2018 #14
An armed society is a polite society Arger68 Aug 2018 #2
An armed society is a scared society jmowreader Aug 2018 #6
I think that's another thing Arger68 Aug 2018 #9
a wire brush would remove that blade of grass dembotoz Aug 2018 #3
HA!! But remember, you gotta *push really hard* because those grass blades are stubborn af!! Leghorn21 Aug 2018 #18
It's a good thing Franklin had his trusty shootin' arn gratuitous Aug 2018 #4
Good thing they were not in Florida.... Sancho Aug 2018 #5
Yeah, the landscaper would be dead and the shooter would employ stand his ground and walk free. Blue_true Aug 2018 #17
Wasn't the landscaper tending his ground? Would that have counted? marble falls Aug 2018 #7
RPGs Johnny2X2X Aug 2018 #8
In Lawrence it's a miracle the trigger was pulled. RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #10
No kidding. As soon as I saw it happened in Lawrence I just sighed. Blue_Adept Aug 2018 #15
It was illegal for the 21 year old to have the gun. braddy Aug 2018 #11
No Frosty for you. Sneederbunk Aug 2018 #12
This is in Massachusetts - a state with some of the strictest gun laws in the US oberliner Aug 2018 #13
do you have any idea onethatcares Aug 2018 #16
Fuck guns and fuck gun owners, all of whom perpetuate the Stinky The Clown Aug 2018 #19
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