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Bristol, Conn. Police
Derek Rupe is accused of setting fire to a shop in Bristol, Conn., and stealing martial arts weapons.
A 29-year-old Bristol, Conn., man is suspected of setting fire to the Wasteland Gift Shop in Bristol to help him get in and then stealing martial arts weapons, according to Bristol police.
Police responded to the shop at 320 Terryville Road at 1:22 a.m. on Thursday after the burglar alarm went off and found Derek N. Rupe, of Ruth Street in Bristol, inside, according to police.
Rupe surrendered to police.
As officers investigated, they determined that Rupe started a fire to weaken the outside of the building to make it easier to get inside, then broke a water pipe, according to a news release from police.
Rupe was found with more than $500 in cash and $48 in stolen merchandise, including some sort of martial arts weapon and a metal throwing star, according to police.
Police estimate that Rupe caused around $15,000 of damage to the building and merchandise.
He was charged with third-degree burglary, possession of burglary tools, fifth-degree larceny, carrying a dangerous weapon, first-degree criminal mischief and third-degree arson and held on $50,000 surety bond.
The Bristol Fire Department also responded to ensure that the fire was completely extinguished.
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He should have Ninja'd his way in and disappeared into the night
Fact is stranger then fiction.
He shouldn't have broken the water line. That plays hell with the ninja smoke bombs.
Jeeze. New Pope, CPAC, and this. Hard to tell which to read first. I guess this one.
Wow I can't imagine a fire and a broken water line would set off a burglar alarm. Mental note to self.
He should be castrated so he does not reproduce. You did all that to get a Ninga throwing star and a few dollars? This is why chain gangs should be brought back. Make them work until the stupid sweats out............
$48? I guess just simply buying the equipment was out of the question...
Derek - turn in your "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" fanclub card immediately. You are no longer welcome!
Well I guess we need to ban fire since it is dangerous and people are committing crimes with it.
Aw, don't fret. You can always twist the Constitution to assert your right to be an arsonist, and tell naysayers that they'll have to pry that pack of matches out of your cold, dead hands before they'll take that right away.
Hans,
"You can always twist the Constitution to assert your right to be an arsonist"
He could probably do that, too! After all, guns are called firearms.
This guy failed his Ninja test, not worthy...
Wasteland Gift Shop? I guess one man's trash is another idiot's treasure
I must admit, I do not recall seeing a picture of a more stupid looking jamoke than this turdball.
@Mymom---- Then you haven't been on here much.
"He was charged with third-degree burglary, possession of burglary tools, fifth-degree larceny, carrying a dangerous weapon, first-degree criminal mischief and third-degree arson and held on $50,000 surety bond."
Would it be fair to say they threw the book at him? It looks like they charged him with everything except raping his mother, and I'm sure they would have charged him with that, too, if they thought they could make it stick.
This guy is the kind of 'mental health' case that shouldn't have weapons. I hope he doesn't get hold of any guns.