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Man Allegedly Disappointed With Christmas Gifts Fires At Family
By The Associated Press
(12/28/04 - ALEXANDRIA, LA) — A 19-year-old Alexandria man faces four counts of attempted murder after allegedly firing at his family with a shotgun because he was disappointed with his Christmas gifts.

Cameron Keith Miller wanted cash for Christmas. Instead, he got CDs. After exchanging gifts Christmas morning, police say Miller argued with his family and his mother, Lael Zickrick, told him to leave. Miller left, and his mother, stepfather and stepbrothers got in their truck to go visit Miller's grandparents. Lawrence Lord, Miller's stepfather, saw Miller standing by the road as he drove out of the trailer park where the family lived. Then Lord looked in the rearview mirror and a sheriff's deputy says the man told his family to get down after allegedly seeing Miller raise a shotgun out from under his coat. Miller fired once, shattering the truck's driver's side rear window, then Lord hit the gas and made it to a gas station where he flagged down a sheriff's deputy. It took three sheriff's deputies to track down Miller, who later was found at a nearby home where he had been staying for about three weeks, along with the 12-gauge and a spent shell, Poche said. Miller is also charged with one count of criminal damage, one count of resisting an officer and one count of resisting arrest by violence. As of last night, Miller reminded in the Rapides Parish Jail awaiting a bond hearing.
(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Jerry D

Man, that's crazy. Thank God no one was seriously hurt or killed.

Milt Palacio

Nice.

alli balli

He probably wanted cash for drugs or something.

sick little jag

yeah, that's all kinds of special. friggin idiot

No1important

What a loon. Sounds like a spoild selfish greedy brat. Christmas is about giving not reciebving and spending time with loved ones.

MalloryKeaton

As if that weren't bad enough....

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/n...004-423411.html

Cops: Son Burned Down House After Not Getting Gifts

Bucks County Courier Times

A 21-year-old Lower Southampton man who reportedly felt burned by his parents because they didn't get him any gifts for Christmas allegedly decided to burn them back - by setting the family house on fire Sunday.

The home at 916 Manor Lane along the Neshaminy Creek was destroyed, leaving Steven Murray's parents, Eva and Joseph, homeless but uninjured. Murray, who lived with his parents, now is being housed in the county prison.

The McNamara family of Middletown is also homeless after a Christmas night fire engulfed their home, which last week won them honorable-mention honors in Middletown's annual holiday decoration contest.

The cause of the 9 p.m. fire at 1122 Brownsville Road hasn't been determined, Parkland Fire Co. Chief Scott Molle said Monday. But the split-level home was destroyed, leaving the family unhurt but at the mercy of neighbors and the Red Cross.

Arson, meanwhile, is clearly the cause of the blaze at the Murray home, according to the Bucks County fire marshal.

Steven Murray told a neighborhood friend that he became angry on Christmas Day when there weren't any presents for him, Lower Southampton police said. So his initial reaction was to break glass on some windows and destroy various objects in the home, police said.

"[Murray] told [the friend] that he had a terrible Christmas and that he was pissed off at the world, and that he did not receive anything for Christmas and was mad about this," said Officer Stephen Brookes.

Feeling out of control, police said Murray then voluntarily checked into Warminster General Hospital under the state's 302-commitment law, which allows individuals under the influence of alcohol and lacking self-control to place themselves in medical custody.

But the next morning, he signed himself out of the hospital, police said. Murray allegedly told Officer Gerald Scott that he walked the eight miles from the hospital to his home and first saw the fire in progress from a distance as he approached the cabin.

Murray's jacket smelled of smoke, however, Scott said, and police found a lighter in his pocket. Police then spotted a gas can approximately 10 feet from the front door, hidden under trash bags and trash bins.

Murray later allegedly admitted his involvement in front of several officers, saying, "I started the fire on purpose." He told Scott that the fire danced and spoke to him, saying, "Come to me; you belong with me,'' police said.

According to Officer Christian Tracy, Murray spit at and verbally threatened officers while in police custody, saying repeatedly, "I'm going to kill ... your families when I get out of here."

Murray also spit at Bristol District Justice Frank Peranteau during his arraignment Sunday evening. The justice set his bail at $1 million and had him transferred to the county prison in Doylestown on charges of arson and criminal mischief.

Peranteau was forced to hold the arraignment in the courthouse waiting area after Murray became disruptive and threatened to burn the Bible used to swear in witnesses, according to an officer of the court.

"So what if I burned my house down?" Murray asked during the proceedings. "It's my house."

Murray also allegedly attempted to set fire to his family's home two months before Christmas, his father told police, by lighting objects in the living room.

Bucks County Fire Marshal Nicholas Rafferty said arson is to blame for the blaze, after ruling out all possible electrical and accidental causes while at the scene Sunday.

A Red Cross Disaster Relief Team supplied food, groceries and clothing to Murray's parents Sunday, according to Lower Bucks County Red Cross Chapter public relations director Janhavi Chandra. She said the pair is staying with relatives, while their son awaits a preliminary hearing before Feasterville District Justice Susan McEwen.

NikNak

Talk about taking being unappreciative to a whole other level.

My goodness.