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Dumbass GameFaqs Member Burns Down Church, Brags About It

Vito Raliffe | February 09, 2008 | News | Misc 
A GameFaqs member by the username of Jediknight12345, burned down his local church and school, and decided to foolishly post pictures of it and brag on the message boards. The arsonist has now been taken into custody. Go to the source for pics and more info.
Somehow I am constantly appalled at the stupidity of people’s actions on the Internet. I mean, seriously, how dumb do you have to be to burn down a church, take pictures, and then brag about it on a GameFaqs message board? Well, apparently you have to be as incredibly idiotic as Jediknight12345, because that is exactly what he did.

Wednesday night on the Current Events social board, Jediknight12345 (hereby known as J) asked his fellow posters whether or not he should burn down his local Mission Hill Baptist Church in Palmyra, Missouri, the same church where he also attends school. Not being taken seriously (who would?), the mods removed the message, and the next morning, GameFaqs posters wondered whether or not he went through with it. To much surprise and initial doubt, J had gone through with it, and even posted pictures he took of the event with his phone, stating:

“Oh…and the best part…the whole school caught up on fire from 3 simple little fires. One was a bunch of computers, another a bunch of bibles, and the last was towels in an oven.”

More information on his arrest and pics at the source.
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  • 4 thumbs!
    Storm | February 09, 2008
    Well...there goes the rest of his life. This is certainly a pathetic way to gain fame. Meh, he'll have plenty of time to think about this behind bars I guess...sucks for the teachers, students, and priests, though.
  • -4 thumbs!
    ali3n | February 09, 2008
    Oh God, that is hilarious.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Krunal | February 09, 2008
      What was? The fact he got caught... Yes, that was extremely hilarious... the fact that he burned these places down? No, he deserves more than simply being sent to prison. How about making him rebuild these places brick by brick
      • 3 thumbs!
        Avalith | February 09, 2008
        ...And then being sent to prison for being a dumbass and bragging about it on GameFAQs? That sounds like an excellent punishment, Krunal!
      • -1 thumbs!
        Sort | February 10, 2008
        Being sent to prison would be worse punishment than rebuilding a church by hand.

        Don't drop the soap.
    • 0 thumbs!
      StarJet | February 10, 2008
      It's not hilarious at all. At least the burning down of the place. That guy was probably some kinda psychopath. I believe he needs treatment for psychological illnesses while being at prison.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Jaw Knee | February 09, 2008
    I seriously lol'd at this shit. What a *bleep*ing loser.

    "Buh, buh, but officer! I was just trying to sound t-t-tough on the internet!"
  • 7 thumbs!
    iLLmatic | February 09, 2008
    Jackass better hope the force is with him when he drops the soap.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Final Blade | February 09, 2008
      Greatest post ever.

      Well lets see how tough this guy will be with all those big bruthas in there, he won't be laughing then.
  • 0 thumbs!
    joshthegreat | February 09, 2008
    How undeniably cool of him.
  • -1 thumbs!
    Deathsythe | February 09, 2008
    One would expect this kind of crap from one of the *chans. But at the same time, it doesn't exactly surprise me. The average gameFAQs user is the typical "Internet Tough Guy".

    I posted something in L' a few months ago where I tried to explain to people how the internet is just as serious as the rest of your life, and your actions on it DO have consequences.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Seeker X | February 09, 2008
    This is the same shit some Myspace morons used to do when they were about go shoot somebody/do something equally stupid.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Alvaroduck | February 09, 2008
    Why all the neg thumbs?

    That was pretty stupid of him, although I wonder how the cops found out about him bragging about it on GFAQs.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Avalith | February 09, 2008
      They were probably tipped off by someone in the area that the guy posted there and they should check the message boards to see if they could find anything.

      ...Or maybe one of them got bored while he was on his donut break and decided to try and look up how to beat the last mission of Halo 3 and wandered into the social board from a link.
  • 0 thumbs!
    NyffTotal90 | February 09, 2008
    There's obviously something really wrong with this guy.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Krunal | February 09, 2008
    Did someone say Neoseeker Members > GameFAQ's Members? Yes, I thought the whole world was shouting that after the display made by this particular "GF Member".

    testing
  • 4 thumbs!
    Vito Raliffe | February 09, 2008
    At the source, I explain that some of the GameFaqs members who saw the message forwarded the information to WGEM News who were already reporting on the burning of the church (which Jediknight12345 had linked to), and then they sent that information to the proper authorities.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Krunal | February 09, 2008
    The guy that bragged... could it possibly be the case that he was just talking out of his ass (like most GF members ) and hadn't done anything, but wanted to simply "claim credit" (not that you'd want credit for something as bad as this)
  • 1 thumbs!
    Play ISDF | February 09, 2008
    What a complete and utter freakin tool. If your going to waste your life, you shouldn't involve others. Hope he has "fun" droppin soap in the big house.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Silver Mirror | February 10, 2008
    quote
    The guy that bragged... could it possibly be the case that he was just talking out of his ass (like most GF members ) and hadn't done anything, but wanted to simply "claim credit" (not that you'd want credit for something as bad as this)
    Maybe, but I assume they'll check the pics to see whether they match his camera
  • 1 thumbs!
    Bri | February 10, 2008
    ....Dear Lord.

    You know, each year as far back as I've been using the computer to read news, there's one story a year that makes me go, "Wow, this world's going to hell." I think 2008's got an early candidate.

    Thanks to the...arsonist's bravado? Stupidity?!? He was caught. Pretty much, with a criminal charge such as "arson" on your record, your life is ruined.
  • 1 thumbs!
    tallteen86 | February 10, 2008
    Seriously, if I did anything nearly as serious as that, I wouldn't be dumb enough to claim I did it...People can report that (especially with proof the person did it, PICTURES, yeesh)....

    People can be tracked via IPs and account details, among other things...I'd be faaaaar too paranoid about being caught, to post about it 0_o

    If you're gonna do that, you might as well post a message on a bullitin board with your name under the 'confession' >_>

    This is the reason serial killers get caught (well, sort of)...Serial killers often collect trophies, if you find a suspect, and get a warrant, you can find their trophies...Some serial killers brag about it, taunt police, and whatever....And eventually, they get caught....
  • 2 thumbs!
    Jesh | February 10, 2008
    This guy, has to be one of the dumbest people ever.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Tock | February 10, 2008
    what is CE and what is RI.....ive heard people refer to him as a CEer....and refer to themselves as RI...is it a gamefaq thing?
  • 0 thumbs!
    Jaw Breaker | February 10, 2008
    What a nice thing to do, he really is giving back to his community(NOT), what the hell is wrong with this guy?!

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