Last year I bought a new home. I kept the old one, it was paid for and in a prime location next to a state park. It also has my range on the property. My plan was to remodel it and rent it out as aweekend cabin to people visiting the park.
Tonight I had just finished a post in the Legal and Political forum and the phone rang. The fire department had been dispatched to the vacant house. I rushed over to find the house fully involved. The electricity and gas had been turned off, the pipes had been trained for the winter.
I was met by a State Trooper who is a good friend of mine, he used to be a telecommunicator on my PD before he became a trooper. He told me that the firemen had heard popping and cook offs, and asked "what kind of ordnance was in the house?" I guess I shouldn't be, but I was offended and still am. I have known this guy for 20 years and because I'm a shooter it was suspected there was "ordnance" in the house.
The house was a total loss and it looks a lot like arson to me and everyone else at the scene. Of course the Fire Marshal's investigator won't be down until Monday or Tuesday to look at the scene. In the mean time it hasn't been secured as a crime scene. It sits at the end of a dead end drive way about 7 miles from the nearest town. Our sheriff's department is so understaffed I doubt there will be much of an investigation even if my suspicions are confirmed. Looks like they will have to lay off two deputies by April anyway because the county is in such poor financial position. There was very little of value in the house, but it's the point of it..and getting asked about "ordnance" like I was a signature to SALT II or something, by a friend and fellow officer was just the icing on the cake.
Jeff
Tonight I had just finished a post in the Legal and Political forum and the phone rang. The fire department had been dispatched to the vacant house. I rushed over to find the house fully involved. The electricity and gas had been turned off, the pipes had been trained for the winter.
I was met by a State Trooper who is a good friend of mine, he used to be a telecommunicator on my PD before he became a trooper. He told me that the firemen had heard popping and cook offs, and asked "what kind of ordnance was in the house?" I guess I shouldn't be, but I was offended and still am. I have known this guy for 20 years and because I'm a shooter it was suspected there was "ordnance" in the house.
The house was a total loss and it looks a lot like arson to me and everyone else at the scene. Of course the Fire Marshal's investigator won't be down until Monday or Tuesday to look at the scene. In the mean time it hasn't been secured as a crime scene. It sits at the end of a dead end drive way about 7 miles from the nearest town. Our sheriff's department is so understaffed I doubt there will be much of an investigation even if my suspicions are confirmed. Looks like they will have to lay off two deputies by April anyway because the county is in such poor financial position. There was very little of value in the house, but it's the point of it..and getting asked about "ordnance" like I was a signature to SALT II or something, by a friend and fellow officer was just the icing on the cake.
Jeff
