Exploding pants betray meth suspect

[RamblingRose]

As Daniel Gabriel Doyle sat in a car talking to some social workers earlier this week, his pants exploded.

"A flash of fire went through the car along with a red flare," said Patrick Stanfield, commander of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force. "It burned his clothes and some of the caseworkers' clothes."

Stanfield said the three Walker County social workers apparently caught Doyle at a bad time when they stopped by his home Tuesday. Evidently Doyle, 39, was in the midst of manufacturing a batch of methamphetamine, Stanfield said.

Doyle met the social workers at his front door and walked out to their car and sat down to fill out some forms, according to Stanfield. "The social workers said he kept patting his right front pants pocket," Stanfield said. "Finally, while he was sitting in the back seat, the front of his pants exploded."

Doyle apparently combined red phosphorus and iodine, components used in manufacturing the drug, in a film canister and stuck it in his pocket, authorities said. The chemicals reacted and exploded, causing second- and third-degree burns to Doyle's testicles and leg, Walker County sheriff's Maj. Hill Morrison said.

Doyle was taken to Chattanooga's Erlanger Medical Center for treatment. Friday, he was in the Walker County Jail, charged with manufacturing methamphetamine.

"That was one for the books," said Morrison. "I've been in this business for more than 35 years, and that's a first."


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[daveskilt]

1. these are your testicles on drugs.....nt

[goju]

2. Liar, liar.... how does that go?

[underseasurveyor]

3. "Exploding Pants"

Sounds like something from Beavis and Butthead. Mr. Explodo Britches is almost as intelligent as they are :dunce:

[Spinzonner]

4. That took (away) balls