[PRCo] Re: Coatesville Arson

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

This made nation news as well.


Phil






----- Original Message ----
> From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 6:46:13 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: [PRCo]
> 
> Motive?  Didn't have a life, and way too much free time on his hands.  There's a 
> lot of that going around.  Our society has become way too wealthy.
> 
> It was some 35+ years ago that Geissenheimer commented "didn't know any young 
> railfans that got themselves into trouble".  Of course the nit-pickers will come 
> up with exceptions, but what Harold was trying to say was that hobbies and 
> sports, etc can help keep kids out of trouble.  I doubt if there are any ax 
> murderers or arsonist on THIS list.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> John

> 
> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> > From: fwschneider at comcast.net
> > Subject: [PRCo] 
> > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:13:29 -0500
> > 
> > Since this was on this website, I'll ask John Swindler openly if he 
> > saw the news today ...
> > 
> > This didn't break in time to make the Lancaster papers but it is on 
> > Comcast's home page late tonight ...
> > 
> > Roger Barlow, age 19, was arrest for setting 7 arson fires in 
> > Coatesville in the last year. He is considered a "pyromaniac who set 
> > the fires so he could watch the homes burn." He is in jail in lieu 
> > of $9,000,000 bail. That's a lot of zeros. No motive given.