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NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:20 am
by seamusTX
In Tabor City, North Carolina (middle of nowhere), a house caught fire last week. The fire was extinguished with no one being injured. The case is being investigated as arson.
The occupant of the house was a 17-year-old male. A North Carolina state senator gave him the house, and was giving him money which he had used to buy vehicles.
"[The Senator] told me if I go to school he would put a roof over my head and money in my pocket, and I signed up for school and I will start classes when classes start back," said [the young man]. "We made a deal and he stuck by it."
According to [the young man], [The senator] was also giving him money regularly which he used to buy a Corvette. The teen said the senator additionally helped him pay for his truck and four wheeler.
http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=10840187" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Jim
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:37 am
by joe817
How bizarre!
What kind of person gives money to a teen to buy a
Corvette!!???
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:59 am
by seamusTX
A very generous one?
- Jim
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:10 pm
by joe817
And a very grateful one, so it seems.
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:14 pm
by LarryH
or what kind of person sells a Corvette to a 17-year-old male??
(I know, a salesman who's on commission)
still doesn't make it a good idea
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:15 pm
by Purplehood
Makes you wonder how often the Senator "visits".
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:20 pm
by seamusTX
LarryH wrote:or what kind of person sells a Corvette to a 17-year-old male??
It was probably a private cash sale. A minor cannot execute legal documents.
You can buy older Corvettes in less than pristine condition for as little as $5,000.
- Jim
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:19 pm
by Bart
I know we're more used to hearing about young women being supported by older men but it's the 21st century.
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:54 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
The fire was an arson.
Maybe the 17 year old's former Sugar Daddy was jealous.
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:23 am
by Bunkins
I never got anything for staying in school other than a piece of paper and a education.. I knew I shoulda asked for the Vette
Naa, I'm not a Vette fan, I would have gone with the truck..
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:08 am
by Fangs
Why not both? This kid got those, a 4-wheeler, and a house.
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:23 am
by seamusTX
The details of this story are too bizarre for words. The teen is accused of setting fire to the home of the senator's former law partner, and the senator has a restraining order against the teen.
http://www.wwaytv3.com/node/17471" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
BTW, it is not unknown for senators to take care of the children of their lovers. Anyone remember Strom Thurmond?
- Jim
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:52 pm
by roberts
seamusTX wrote:BTW, it is not unknown for senators to take care of the children of their lovers. Anyone remember Strom Thurmond?
It's also not unknown for senators to take care of their current or ex lovers. Sometimes they even get them government jobs if they're old enough.
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:53 pm
by seamusTX
Ohboy:
[The Senator, who is an attorney] has a rocky relationship with many of his clients, as proven by dozens of police reports, just in the last year.
There are about 20 reports, nearly all of them involving altercations between the Senator and his clients.
http://www.wwaytv3.com/altercations_bet ... sy/08/2009" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Jim
Re: NC: Unusual living arrangement and arson case
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:03 pm
by ELB
That was an interesting article, but what a poorly written piece of English...
