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Drinking duo in NC watched car, lawnmower burn while shooting at passing cars, deputies say
wbtv ^ | 9/21/17 | Staff

Posted on 09/21/2017 5:44:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase

STATESVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) – Two men were arrested in Iredell County Tuesday after police say one of them shot at passing vehicles while the two were burning a lawnmower and car in their front yard.

Deputies were called to a home on the 800 block of Blackwelder Road after someone reported shots being fired at passing motorists. Once on scene, law enforcement found 30-year-old Bobby Lee Messer Jr. and 62-year-old Jimmy Carson Messer in the yard drinking beer.

According to the report, the duo was watching a lawnmower and vehicle “fully engulfed in flames burn.” Bobby Messer, they said, admitted to having a gun in his pocket.

Deputies said that during the investigation, Jimmy Messer slipped free from his handcuffs and was hindering their work. Both men were then arrested.

Bobby Messer was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and given a $5,000 secured bond. Jimmy Messer was charged with resist obstruct and delay and given a $5,000 unsecured bond.

After being released, deputies say Jimmy Messer walked home, then set fire to his house around 3:49 a.m. He was taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries and his condition have not been released.

No charges were filed in the house fire because Jimmy Messer owned the property he set fire to.


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Jimmy Messer (left) and Bobby Messer Jr (right) (Iredell County Sheriff's Office)

They were just taking a break from rocket surgery.

1 posted on 09/21/2017 5:44:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Make er smoke Bobby, make er smoke.


2 posted on 09/21/2017 5:47:28 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: Rebelbase

That was a good one


3 posted on 09/21/2017 5:47:29 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Rebelbase

This going to be a great thread.


4 posted on 09/21/2017 5:47:33 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn How To Search. Ask Me How.)
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To: Rebelbase
After being released, deputies say Jimmy Messer walked home, then set fire to his house around 3:49 a.m.

Hmmm. Does he do this every time he's released?

5 posted on 09/21/2017 5:49:37 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Rebelbase

Some things just need burnin’...


6 posted on 09/21/2017 5:50:43 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: humblegunner; bagster

Methalina’s cousin and Felony’s cousin/fiance’ made the news!


7 posted on 09/21/2017 5:52:08 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Rebelbase

Here, hold muh ... uh ... never mind.


8 posted on 09/21/2017 5:52:09 PM PDT by IronJack (sh)
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To: Rebelbase

they’d fit right in...to Chicago


9 posted on 09/21/2017 5:52:58 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Rebelbase

There’s some meth in this story somewhere.

There always is.


10 posted on 09/21/2017 5:55:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: Rebelbase; hiredhand

Jimmy Bobby have a sister named Wanda Mary Sue Jo Beth that set the fire cuz they were late on they’re child support ? Or they just drunk ?


11 posted on 09/21/2017 5:57:53 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: Rebelbase

Keep the home fires burning...through winter, and you’ll be just fine.


12 posted on 09/21/2017 5:58:08 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: Rebelbase

Somebody just got served with divorce papers or a foreclosure notice, I’m betting. The “you ain’t gittin’ it” mentality.

And, for everyone on the thread new to the region, the correct pronunciation of Iredell is “Ardle.”


13 posted on 09/21/2017 5:58:19 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Rebelbase
After setting his house on fore Jimmy Messer was taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Was he being treated for burns? Or mental illness?

14 posted on 09/21/2017 5:58:45 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Rebelbase
After setting his house on fire Jimmy Messer was taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Was he being treated for burns? Or mental illness?

15 posted on 09/21/2017 5:59:17 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Rebelbase

This reads like something from a Charles Portis novel.


16 posted on 09/21/2017 5:59:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: Rebelbase
No charges were filed in the house fire because Jimmy Messer owned the property he set fire to.

Damn. A mullet, a beer binge, shooting at passing motorists, and setting fire to your lawn mower and your house. If there isn't a country song in this I'll be very disappointed.

17 posted on 09/21/2017 6:01:30 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: IronJack

“Hold muh meth.”


18 posted on 09/21/2017 6:03:39 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Rebelbase

Typical Trump-supporting flyover country Republicans - ask any liberal. :)


19 posted on 09/21/2017 6:04:59 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Rebelbase

Too bad “Deliverance” was made so long ago. Those two would have been perfect to star in it.


20 posted on 09/21/2017 6:09:51 PM PDT by libstripper
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