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Texas Man Booby-Traps Car Wash Toilets With Fireworks, Injures 3 (www.crimeonline.com)

submitted 3 months ago by oleorun@real.lemmy.fan to c/weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan

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A Texas man has been arrested and charged with hiding explosives under toilet seats at Bexar County car washes that went off and injured three people, one of them a child.

Police said that Paul Moses Alden booby-trapped toilet seats with commercial fireworks at two car washes. The booby-traps were desisgned to explode when pressure was applied, KENS reported.

Investigators said surveillance footage showed Alden going into and then leaving the restrooms, then watching from the lobby until the explosions took place and leaving the facility.

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Employees said they identified Alden because he was a regular customer who had a membership card.

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[–] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hard enough already to take a dump out in the world without ass-ptsd

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

SLPT: If you shit on the floor, the pressure sensor won't go off..

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I didn't realize Florida moved to Texas, but okay..

Hope the victims will be okay, that's messed up!

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

surveillance footage showed Alden going into and then leaving the restrooms, then watching from the lobby until the explosions took place and leaving the facility.

This dude watched a child enter his booby trapped restroom to use it and watched it explode.