Lawnmower-Riding Man Threw homemade bombs at Ex-Girlfriend's Apartment

[Champ]

DOVER, N.H. - It wasn't exactly the perfect getaway vehicle. A man took off on a lawnmower moments after he allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails at his ex-girlfriend's apartment building, police said. He was arrested Saturday night after a brief, slow-speed chase.

Police said the homemade bombs — two glass Budweiser bottles filled with gasoline and plugged with rags — did not burst into flames. One of them shattered, spilling gas and sending fumes into nearby apartments. Two residents were treated for breathing problems.

Steven Coleman, 37, was arraigned in Dover District Court on Monday on charges of criminal trespass, attempted arson, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. He could face up to 31 years in jail if convicted on all charges.

At one point during the chase, Coleman "turned around and looked directly at (a police cruiser)," Dover prosecutor George Wattendorf wrote in an affidavit. "Coleman appeared calm as he was smoking a cigarette."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20041207/ap_on_fe_st/lawnmower_getaway

[progressoid]

1. A lawn mower?

:wtf:

Like a deranged Alvin Straight?

[msgadget]

2. Throwing gas filled bottles while smoking a cigarette!

And, she thought maybe he was a genius when she met him?

[one_true_leroy]

6. yeah, you can see why it wouldn't work out.

artistic differences.

[Anakin Skywalker]

3. WTF? Did they chase

him on foot or did they need squad cars for that? LOL. :)
Just a thought.

[matcom]

4. lol. dupe dude

:D

MAJOR dupe

[SlavesandBulldozers]

5. "be advised

i am in hot pursuit of late 80's model Toro, he's heading east on smith street, turning now. . . . . turning now. . . . .ok he's almost completed the turn onto Anderson, requesting backup, this guy's good".