A Texas man is facing charges for allegedly placing explosives under toilet seats at two car washes and injuring unsuspecting victims.
Texas man plants pressure sensitive toilet bombs
Paul Moses Alden, 46, is accused of setting off small commercial fireworks designed to explode under pressure in three different bathrooms in the San Antonio area.
He then allegedly waited nearby to witness the explosions before fleeing the scene.
The first incident occurred on July 20 at a Wash Tub car wash in the next town over from San Antonio.
Surveillance footage reportedly captured Alden entering and exiting a unisex bathroom. Soon after, a woman using the restroom was blasted by a small explosion.
The woman sustained minor injuries but left the scene before police could take her statement.
“The female customer was reportedly very upset and left the location before a report was made,” according to the affidavit.
“The Helotes Police Department responded to the location to take the report and document the scene.”
Investigators found “small, readily available commercial fireworks that are designed to explode when pressure is applied,” as KENS 5 reported.
Texas man blows up bathroom again
Two more victims were injured at another Wash Tub location in San Antonio six days after the first blast.
A female employee was injured by an explosion as she used the toilet, and a young girl suffered a similar fate in a separate bathroom minutes apart.
Investigators found remnants of the small fireworks in both bathrooms when they canvased the scene.
In both incidents, security cameras captured Alden going into and exiting the bathrooms before sitting in the lobby and watching for his victims to use the rigged restrooms. After the explosions, he hastily fled the scene.
Employees at the car wash were able to identify Alden as a regular customer with a membership card. They also provided video footage of his car and license plate.
“We are very pleased with the quick action of SAPD and the Arson investigator working this case,” a Wash Tub spokesperson commented.
“We will continue to fully cooperate with SAPD and the District Attorney’s office.”
Alden faces charges of arson causing reckless damage or bodily injury. His bond was set at $50,000, and he was released on the same day of his arrest.
Naked man carjacks vehicle
In another bizarre event, a viral video showed a naked man running through Des Moines, Iowa, stealing a car, and then running over the vehicle’s owner.
The naked man was witnessed running around downtown Des Moines in the middle of the night Tuesday.
In the video, he runs down the sidewalk past some parked cars, then approaches a black car that had the driver’s side door open while the owner was inside of the vehicle.
The nude man jumps into the car and climbs over the owner and into the passenger seat. The owner exits and the naked man hops into the driver’s seat.
The nudist tries to close the door and the owner seems to land a punch on him, before the naked lunatic-turned-carjacker slams the car into the reverse and runs the owner over.
The victim’s unwittingly becomes near naked himself, as he is towed by the vehicle and his pants are yanked down. That’s when naked man speeds off with in the car.
The carjacking victim suffered minor injuries, according to police spokesperson Sgt. Paul Parizek.
Cops eventually found the naked carjacker after he crashed the stolen vehicle into a tree.
He was charged with driving with a suspended license and second-degree theft.
Groom shoots best friend during hunting trip
Elsewhere, a groom-to-be accidentally shot his best man while hunting skunks at an Arizona campground.
The groom reportedly thought his rifle was unloaded when he fired a .22 caliber round into his friend’s abdomen on July 26.
The victim, Jack Creed, 22, was taken to a nearby hospital and initially stabilized. He later died from complications during a flight to a Phoenix hospital for another surgery.
Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office stated the friends were “hunting skunks” at the United Christian Youth Campground.
That’s when the groom pulled the charging handle back several times and discharged the weapon that he “thought” was empty.
“During the initial investigation, deputies learned the victim was going to be the shooter’s best man in his upcoming wedding,” the sheriff’s office noted.
Their initial investigation revealed that the shooter was stone-cold sober when the alleged accident happened, and the case is still under investigation.
Sounds more like the guy was killed by the medical system. He should have had an immediate laparotomy.
Alden graduated from cherry bombs in the can.