Strange Crime

[discocrisco01]

This is a strange crime as described by the http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/12/MNQK1LRSID.DTL">AP

"Riverside County - A Southern California jury on Monday convicted a man of attempted murder in a string of bizarre attacks on police that included improvised booby traps and the firing of a World War II-era bazooka at a police station.

Nicholas John Smit, 41, of San Jacinto, was found guilty of four counts of attempted murder of a police officer, all of them for orchestrating attacks against the same Hemet police detective who had arrested him on a drug charge, Riverside County district attorney's spokesman John Hall said.

In one instance, natural gas was rerouted into the office of a gang task force and rigged to explode. In the bazooka attack, a training rocket was fired from the roof of a nearby market and started a small fire.

"He's almost like a movie-type villain, who's just very, very flawed," Deputy District Attorney Daniel DeLimon told the Associated Press after the verdict.

The bold attacks began in late 2009, putting police officers on edge and unsettling the desert community of Hemet, about 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles. At first, a motorcycle gang was blamed, but its members were cleared"

At least this guy will get a life sentence so we know that cities street will be safe of this guy. This guy is nothing but a threat to the public and should not be released for a long time.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Bet he buys his ideas from Acme.

[Poll_Blind]

2. Wow- glad they finally caught him. I remember reading about his attack in Hemet. Very bold.

Wasn't sure what to make of it.

PB

[dimbear]

3. It's lucky his name was Smit and not Smite. Like the Romans always used to say,

nomen est omen.

[soapboxtalk]

4. He should get an extra channel on his cable tv in prison

We should encourage people to at least be interesting criminals.