Phone rage leads to arrest here for Ohio man
Charles Papenfus, arrested for making threats to a telemarketer selling extended auto warrenties.
By Matthew Hathaway ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
An Ohio man, fed up with deceptive junk mail, made the mistake of losing his temper while on the phone with a St. Louis company pitching an extended auto-service contract. Now he finds himself behind bars, where he is charged with making a terrorist threat.
Christopher Thetford, a spokesman for the BBB in St. Louis, said he isn't surprised to hear of a consumer threatening a service-contract broker.
"While it's not something we condone, it is something we can understand," Thetford said. "Oftentimes, consumers feel pushed and pushed. ... It's a frustration we hear from consumers every day when they talk about the extended-service contract industry."
Among the Comments were these gems:
And stupid Americans will continue to believe that the Patriot act was put into place for our protection against Islamic extremists.
Sounds like they arrested the wrong side in all this. The real terrorist was the original caller.
via Drudge Report
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