What goes wrong with people to make them this messed up?
AIKEN --- A 19-year-old volunteer firefighter has been arrested and charged in a series of suspicious fires, including one that damaged Aiken County Summary Court in New Ellenton.
According to a statement Friday by the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, Brandon W. Smith, of the 500 block of Florida Avenue, is charged with four counts of second-degree arson and a charge of malicious injury to real property.
He was arrested Thursday night during a traffic stop and was held at the Aiken County Detention Center before being released later that day.
Mr. Smith is a volunteer firefighter with the New Ellenton Fire Department, according to police. He was in training to become a driver/operator at the Aiken Department of Public Safety.
In the most recent case, the police statement said, Mr. Smith is believed to have set fire Aug. 8 to a home under renovation on Gray Mare Hollow Road.
He is also a suspect in a July 8 fire at a home under renovation on Chukker Creek Road, and a fire at an abandoned home on Fairlane Street in New Ellenton
The malicious injury charge stems from a May 27 woods fire near 402 Old Whiskey Road, police said.
Police said that after setting the fires, Mr. Smith would either respond to the blazes as a firefighter or go home.
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What goes wrong with people to make them this messed up?
Yeah, this is a priorities problem with a messed up kid. He's obviously a sociopath that needs to be closely guarded. I can't think of a situation where he can ever be trusted again, he's too dangerous. I say harvest the usable parts and bury the rest.
its SRS. nuke waste is seeping into our water and air causing people to be Dee Dee Dee!
It is amazing how many of the arsons are caused by " Volunteer firefighters". I believe something is lost in the process that would screen these potential arsonist out. Fire departments that utilize volunteers may want to look at their screening process. Before anyone blows a gasket, I am talking about the select few that commits arson.
I think you're right intheknow. The job attracts them.
yea SRS explains a lot. Soon babies are going to thave nipples where their eyes are supposed to be.
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