YouTube video of arson with end credits leads to arrests
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say seven teens and young adults have been arrested after a video was posted on YouTube that showed them setting off Molotov cocktails inside a vacated building and then rolled credits naming those involved.
Waterville police say the suspects, who range in ages from 14 to 20, broke into in a former Boys and Girls Club through a window. Police seized the YouTube video showing the group making and throwing the devices, which exploded and caused flames as high as 20 feet.
Police say the video, which has since been taken off the video-sharing Web site, showed the faces of the suspects as well as text naming those pictured. Each is charged with arson and burglary.
Kids these days are freaking idiots. Back in my day we got into some pretty zany hijinx, even broke some laws but we knew where the line was. Kids these days just piss all over that line. I guess they think police don't know how to operate YouTube. Damn hooligans!
P.S. - Had to go double video on this one. The Billy Joel is obvious but Waterville, Maine is also the setting for one of the best scenes in Wet Hot American Summer (below). Strangely enough it also deals with the escalating criminal acts of teens.
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