Sunday, December 06, 2020

Apartment Life #229

 
This is a new weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 22 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 22 years here in a weekly blog post.



This is the first video that I've uploaded from my computer rather than Youtube so I hope it works. This week my daughter and a neighbor were sitting outside at 9pm and watched as a man walked down the walking path next to our apartment complex pushing a shopping cart. Inside the cart were cardboard boxes he had set on fire and he just kept walking down the street and in and around another apartment complex as pieces of the boxes were dropping out of the bottom of the cart and setting all the grass, weeds, and trash on fire wherever he walked. So my daughter and the neighbor called 911 because they were afraid the fires would get to the apartment buildings. The video is of the police and fire truck getting here. 

My daughter snapped a picture of the shopping cart when it was on fire. The man that was pushing it was standing behind it but you probably can't see him. Other people started coming out of their apartments and started filming him too. 

The police got here really fast and took voluntary statements from my neighbor that my daughter was talking to and from a guy across the street that saw it also. 

The fire truck got here fast and had to put out several small fires along the pathway where trash, grass, and dried up weeds had caught fire when this guy pushed the shopping cart over that area. The man was arrested at least and the police told my daughter they were charging him with arson so he probably wouldn't be getting out anytime soon. 

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more. 

61 comments:

  1. I am so glad he was arrested before any major damage was done.
    The emergency services obviously know the way to your apartment blocks very, very well.

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  2. A dangerous situation. Sounds like the guy was mentally ill or on drugs.

    The video plays fine.

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  3. How weird and crazy! At least he was arrested and no real damage was done.

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  4. You sure never do have a shortage of loonies there.

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  5. Arson was probably the only thing that you were missing out there...

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  6. Well, that is indeed some Apartment Hell!

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  7. Wow, never a dull moment around there! Glad they arrived quickly and got the situation under control.

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  8. Thank goodness no one was hurt and everyone is safe. I hope that they are able to get him the help that he needs. Sounds like there may be mental illness possibly. Sending lots of hugs to everyone, Marvelous Mary! RO

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    1. Hopefully. I just hope he doesn't come back here.

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  9. That's really scary, I hope they don't let him out too soon.

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  10. Wow that is interesting. Hope he gets the help he needs.

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  11. Wow! Looks like 2020 is the year when all the loonies come out to play.

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  12. wow that is such a scary situation. Glad it got taken care of to keep you all safe.

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  13. People have to be on the alert most of the time as there are dangers at all kinds of places. Your neighborhood seems to be one of these places.

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    1. It is. With the huge homeless population here and all the drug dealing that goes on around here, it's not safe at all.

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  14. Yikes! I haven't pushed a shopping cart full of burning debris around in a while, sounds like fun! Seriously though- yeah that's nuts.

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  15. That's wild! Glad he didn't burn down the complex.

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  16. Shopping carts on fire! That's exciting.

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    1. It's sure not something you see everyday. That's for sure.

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  17. It's good that your daughter and neighbor were around to call 911. I am glad that everything was taken care of before anything terrible happened.

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  18. Yikes. I am so glad your daughter and neighbor saw it happening. It could have been horrible.

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    1. Oh no doubt it could have been really bad.

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  19. Scary but at least the police locked him up. He needs some serious help.

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  20. Looks like this guy needs some serious help from mental health services. But if the US is anything like the UK, mental health services are totally overwhelmed and the waiting time is about six months. So in the meantime - more burning cardboard boxes?

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    1. He's in jail. I doubt he'll be getting any mental help in there.

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  21. Jeez! What is wrong with people?! I'm happy that no major fires were started and that no one was hurt!

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  22. That's insane! Who does that? Just casually sets a shopping cart of stuff on fire and goes for a stroll... Glad the police were called and arrested the person. Maybe they'll get some help and at least the rest of you are safe!

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    1. I hope he doesn't get out and come back around here.

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  23. Some has problems.
    Stay Safe and coffee is on

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  24. Sounds like mental illness to me. That is sad.

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    1. Probably. I'm glad he's not around here anymore.

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  25. Such a strange place

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  26. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 I'm surprised the guy didn't set himself on fire. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

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  27. Wow! That guy is lucky they called the fire department quickly before he lit himself on fire.

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  28. So pleased they arrived quickly and got the situation under control.

    All the best Jan

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  29. At least he'll have a place to stay and regular meals for a while. I am glad the police and fire department got there so quickly.

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