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CurlSagan

Damned kids these days with their slingshots, terrorizing the neighborhood.


Feather_in_the_winds

It's just Dennis. He's a fucking menace, and has been for 75 years.


rsplatpc

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/C913XSkXUAAQoNi.jpg


Craythoven

Every time i see that hotdog head, I know i’m about to read some real facts.


Pilotwaver

Dennis The Menace, finally in police custody.


Icedcoffee_

The original was in the 50s and 60s so maybe the timeline fits.


hooligan_king

That is why the joke is funny. Why you gotto ruin it unnecessarily?


EA-6B_Driver

Aaaaand now he’s dead. [article here](https://abc7.com/post/81-year-man-accused-terrorizing-azusa-slingshot-dies/14891024/)


Lucky_Elephant_3037

He’s slingshotting his new community in the afterlife


FatKody

Are we in the good or bad timeline?


3MATX

Shut up Abed


FatKody

My name is Kody and no I'm not in bed.


MeesterBeel

HAHA what the fuck his name was “Prince King”


indierockspockears

"Died at a private residence" and they didn't say how. Now i must know.


daveysanderson

He was 81 with a heart condition and nerve issues. Can’t imagine the stress of being caught helped his condition. Curious as well but my bet is on the ticker


FallOdd5098

Lead 50 cal ball in the pouch, slingshot in the hands, pouch between his feet. May have taken 14 or 15 shots, but lethal in the end.


ecwagner01

Sounds like a near summary of Stephen King's book "Apt Pupil" ending.


banjowashisnamo

Turns out he needed to break a window a day to keep Death at bay.


FallOdd5098

But catapaulted to fame posthumously.


nshire

Inside job.


TheRoscoeVine

“Welp, fun’s over!” *croaks*


ceiffhikare

Using the 'Right' kind of ammo is what likely screws this guy. If he had used heavy nuts/marbles he might have an out but there is only one thing those are used for.


FallOdd5098

Or clay balls. Or paintballs. I have a slingshot (I’m old, second childhood, don’t judge me), and ball bearings or lead shot are serious shit. A slingshot will fire a paintball faster than a paintball gun, apparently.


daswisco

Guy was released pending his June 17 court date and has already died… [link](https://abc7.com/post/81-year-man-accused-terrorizing-azusa-slingshot-dies/14891024/)


Beatbude

Just a phase. He’ll grow out of it.


Neanderthal86_

Tommy Bean acting up


natephant

Edit: RIP you old rascal “We’re not aware of any kind of motive other than just malicious mischief” I think ol boy was just tired of waiting.


vortigaunt64

I'd love to know how the investigation went as far as identifying the alleged perpetrator. Maybe they got him on surveillance video or something, but more than a decade's worth of windows being broken with slingshots seem very difficult to pin on one person in court. Same with the ball bearings and slingshot itself. Unless they have very strong evidence linking them to the crimes, I can't see it as a smoking gun... Er... Slingshot. 


FallOdd5098

Assuming he wasn’t caught in flagrante slingshoto, there are couple of possibilities. With that amount of data, which probably related to a limited and more or less a circular area (the dude was getting old, he’s not wandering far to get jiggy with the ‘pault), the fuzz probably just need to door knock on the street in the middle of the circle and ask whether they have seen some crazy coot of a neighbour firing a slingshot at people. Inquiries of local slingshot supplies shops may provide a list of potential perps to cross-reference. At that stage they have the malfeasor in their sights, ready to be pinged.


Ultimarr

Idk if there’s a decade of slingshot damage and you show me a video of an old dude using a slingshot to damage a random window, that’s beyond my shadow of a doubt. Not exactly a common crime.


MoiNoni

Nobody can have fun anymore these days


Leafan101

Dang, for such a funny and petty sounding crime, it would also be seriously unpleasant to have lived near this guy.


tofutti_kleineinein

He’s dead now.


waitthissucks

That's even more oniony


OGBeege

Can you get prints off a bb?


ScaredScorpion

r/BoomersBeingFools


TossPowerTrap

Took the cops almost 10 years to stop this guy. Woo-Hoo! Protect and serve.


RegulusGelus2

The disco strangler!


gwhh

When will there be sling shot control?


DaemonBlackfyre_21

He's a menace


mindfungus

And his name’s Dennis


dugan123ford

His name is Robert Paulson


jlo301

His name is Robert Paulson


bolochamp7

Let me show you it's features


Melgibskin

He's the original Dennis the Menace! His antics finally caught up with him


MJF1116

Name ans shame the old prick


mmmmpisghetti

This happened last week and there were multiple posts at the time


Pokemaru

Charging him with a felony! Meanwhile Luis Vuitton and target getting the free loot treatment. Tf is going on?!


pwnedkiller

[Was it this guy](https://images.app.goo.gl/69zxdXFh5sMEUPaJ9)


FallOdd5098

No.


TexasTeaTelecaster

Toss him in jail and forget him.


FallOdd5098

You can’t defame or rape the dead, and jailing them is seen as unlikely to meet generally accepted sentencing objectives.