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(44,397 posts) Fri Jul 24, 2015, 04:23 PM Jul 2015

‘It was just a prank,’ Couple arrested after allegedly setting homeless man on fire [View all]

http://wgntv.com/2015/07/24/it-was-just-a-prank-couple-arrested-after-allegedly-setting-homeless-man-on-fire/

‘It was just a prank,’ Couple arrested after allegedly setting homeless man on fire
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A couple has been arrested after allegedly setting a homeless man on fire with fireworks earlier this month.

On July 11, authorities say a homeless man was sleeping along the side of a road when he was set on fire by fireworks, which were thrown from an SUV.

Now, police have arrested 31-year-old Joshua Benavidez and 31-year-old Irene Enriquez for aggravated battery with great bodily harm, tampering with evidence, child abuse and conspiracy.

The pair told KOB that they were trying to startle the man, and did not know that he had been burned until their arrest.

“It was just a prank, it was just trying to scare him, that was it,” said Benavidez.

However, arrest warrants in the case tell a different story.

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‘It was just a prank,’ Couple arrested after allegedly setting homeless man on fire [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 OP

JUST A PRANK!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??! Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #1

Yes, they felt ENTITLED to wake a poor person up with firecrackers Warpy Jul 2015 #2

. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2015 #3

That gif is getting quite a workout these days, hifiguy Jul 2015 #32

"Some days I just want to get off this planet." Yep, they're reasons no other life form RKP5637 Jul 2015 #6

Huh. So flinging explosives at sleeping people is dangerous. Who knew? jeff47 Jul 2015 #4

Freaking sociopaths exboyfil Jul 2015 #5

make them pay every bill this man onethatcares Jul 2015 #7

I suspect they are judgement proof exboyfil Jul 2015 #9

yup. nt restorefreedom Jul 2015 #10

Bet good money they are avid Rush fans. Rex Jul 2015 #8

How is Rush to blame for this? Geddy Lee is progressive and anti-oppression. Ken Burch Jul 2015 #14

Rush is the only one out of those you listed that likes to use the word 'prank' Rex Jul 2015 #16

As a fan of Rush I don't recall any of their songs kydo Jul 2015 #19

He meant Rush the Limp, not Rush the Band. n/t. Ken Burch Jul 2015 #27

Yeah I saw the edit after my post n/t. kydo Jul 2015 #28

A lot of Rush fans EL34x4 Jul 2015 #29

Thanks for the clarification. Ken Burch Jul 2015 #21

Yes sorry I should have clarified whom I was talking about. nt Rex Jul 2015 #22

Even Neal Peart now calls himself a "bleeding heart libertarian" DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2015 #39

Rush Limpballs is big in the Latino community? FrodosPet Jul 2015 #30

"Just a prank"? That's worse. tblue Jul 2015 #11

Ah yes, setting someone on fire is just a harmless prank. City Lights Jul 2015 #12

What the Hell is wrong with people? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #13

I'd throw away the fugging keys and see malaise Jul 2015 #15

The victim was still in the hospital two weeks later. lpbk2713 Jul 2015 #17

And they had their kids in the car when they did this. Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #18

Nice lesson for the kiddies, that. AngryOldDem Jul 2015 #25

Attempted murder. MerryBlooms Jul 2015 #20

Damn Solly Mack Jul 2015 #23

It's just okay, it seems, to treat the less-fortunate like shit. AngryOldDem Jul 2015 #24

The evil fruit of making the destitute less than livestock and illegalizing homelessness TheKentuckian Jul 2015 #26

Pennying in the guy in the next dorm room is a "prank." hifiguy Jul 2015 #31

fuckers ibegurpard Jul 2015 #33

you thought launching fireworks at someone was a prank--that's twice the reason to be arrested MisterP Jul 2015 #34

Fuck. Starry Messenger Jul 2015 #35

HAW-HAW-HAW! Those third degree burns are hilarious!!! backscatter712 Jul 2015 #36

I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt mythology Jul 2015 #37

but they saw that he went up in flames - didn't stop to help Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #38