Monday, October 15, 2007,7:24 AM
Oh, Well That's Okay Then
We can breathe a sigh of relief. Some moron over in Wythe County wasn't trying to blow up Fort Chiswell when he tossed blasting caps into a dumpster there. He probably didn't know what he was doing.

I feel safer ...
Explosive device found at Wythe County business
WDBJ7

A business near Fort Chiswell High School had to shut down unexpectedly Saturday afternoon, when a worker found something suspicious in the dumpster outside.

According to state police, an attendant at the recycling center saw what he thought was an explosive device. That attendant immediately called in authorities.

Police say all three of these are explosives known as blasting caps. One of them was live, the other two were inactive.

Investigators believe the person who dumped them just didn't know about proper recycling and not because they were trying to be malicious. (link)
I'll bet that would make the grieving family of that dead garbage collector feel better, knowing that the charge would be reduced from second degree murder to involuntary manslaughter.

Sheesh.
 
posted by Jerry Fuhrman
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