By Caleb Hutton
A meth user took apart a stolen 1997 Volkswagen Golf, then set the body of the car on fire outside a warehouse early Tuesday, July 10, according to the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to a report of a suspicious car fire at 5:16 a.m. Tuesday. They found Bradley Allen Ferris Jr., 32, of Sedro-Woolley, was squatting in a warehouse in the 3100 block of Mercer Avenue with a group of meth users, said Whatcom County Undersheriff Jeff Parks.
Inside the warehouse, it appeared someone had used a forklift to lift the Golf and picked out valuable pieces for resale, Parks said. The value of the car was about $3,500; the removed parts were worth about $1,000. Someone had taken the rest of the car and set it aflame outside.
“I don’t know why,” Parks said. ”(They’re) using methamphetamine here, so they’re not exactly functioning at a high level.”
Ferris was arrested on suspicion of setting the car on fire. Deputies found drug paraphernalia with meth residue scattered around the inside of the warehouse. They also found empty gas cans, probably used to ignite the car, Parks said.
It appeared Ferris had, at one point, been employed there. But he no longer had permission to be on the property, Parks said. Neither did the other people.
Ferris is accused of second-degree arson, first-degree possession of stolen property and possession of meth.
Another man, Robert Dee Angus, 22, was also arrested on investigation of possessing the stolen car and possessing meth.
Actually, If you’re using meth, you ARE functioning at a pretty high level. This statement obviously comes from someone who knows nothing about what meth is like.
“Actually, If you’re using meth, you ARE functioning at a pretty high level.”
said the expert on using meth.
no you’re not.
Meth won us World War 2. Are you saying you’re against World War 2 veterans?
again this from the meth authority.
no they didn’t use meth during the war.
seriously get off the stuff
Now who’s ignorant? Methamphetamine was distributed regularly during World War II to both German and Allied forces. Research before you make stupid comments.
And yes, when I was younger, I used Meth regularly for quite a few years. Thanks for your compassion.
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No one’s ignorant… I don’t believe however we’re in a time of conflict on our own soil. I would be a hypocrite to say don’t do anything that is illegal. Yes, it has a history – as do all drugs – but it certainty doesn’t validate what this group/individual thought was good at the time. As is true with most stimulants, it is easily argued that his rationale involved what is good for me at this moment, and what do I get out of it… While most meth users believe they’re on a higher plane, they’re really just hiding from the values of the human experience
I know the kid who owned this 97 VW GTI that these methheads stole. The owner is a good kid, a high school LaCrosse player who never hurt anybody anywhere anytime. that GTI was his pride and joy. He spent hundreds of hours installing special suspension, interior, sound deadening, special dash, headlights, wheels, stereo, etc. The day it was stolen he just installed a new transmission and clutch. These methheads used a stolen forklift to pick it up off the street, took it to the warehouse, took off the wheels, stereo and headlights. Then they used the forklift to take it to a nearby field and set it on fire. If they would have just ripped off the wheels and stereo the owner could have put it back on the road. But NO, they added insult to injury buy setting it on fire and completly destroying it. I’d like to be put in a room with these two scumbags for a few minutes, I’d rearrange their teeth……oh wait, can’t do that. They don’t have teeth, meth causes teeth to fall out. They won’t need teeth to eat the prison oatmeal.
OpenMindHeart: I’m not advocating methamphetamine use. I am arguing that contrary to what “the_spy” says, meth indeed was used during the war by soldiers on both sides quite regularly.
In the case of these criminals, we should accept the possibility that an idiot is an idiot with or without drugs. However, methamphetamine has certain affects on the body (aside from the extremely adverse), such as increased focus, loss of appetite, lack of need for sleep, and the need to stay busy. This officer’s statement of “they’re not functioning at a high level” is more appropriate for marijuana users than meth-heads. Methamphetamine forces your body to operate at a high level excessively. That’s what the drug does. It’s this high level that wears the body down. So the officer’s statement is still a statement that could only be made by someone unfamiliar with meth. His statement reflects the social opinion played by the media of drugs users.
My heart goes out to the young man who lost his pride and joy. I know what it’s like to have something stolen by people that believe the world owes them something. If the penelty for these types of crime were more than a slap on the wrist, things might be different. But alas, when you have people thinking that these drugs make them smarter and better and anyone who knows nothing about drugs is a idiot, I disagree. Not everyone has to do drugs to know the effects and see the havoc caused by them. Pull your head out and see this for what it is, a crime. Drugs or no drugs, stupidity should be painful!