Teen Arsonists Say GTA Taught Them to Make Molotov Cocktails

By Jonathan on Friday, August 8th, 2008 at 11:33 AM PST In Game Related Laws, Gamer Life, Games, Grand Theft Auto

gtamolotov 1 1 Teen Arsonists Say GTA Taught Them to Make Molotov Cocktails*Sigh* Another day, another story of criminals taking the “GTA Defense.”

In Milton, Georgia, three teenagers were arrested after several cars were firebombed with Molotov cocktails on the evening of July 24th. The teens were caught when police pulled receipts from a local Wal-mart and found one listing Sprite bottles, red rags, and lighter fluid. From there, they looked at the store surveillance tapes and were able to identify the ones involved. When confronted, what explanation did the teenagers give for their actions? Why, that “Grand Theft Auto” taught them “how to do it” of course. Each teen is now being charged with 19 felony counts, including arson, criminal damage to property, and possession of explosive devices.

What happened to the good old days when teenagers would blame The Anarchist Cookbook or Che Guevara’s Guerrilla Warfare on these sorts of things. Kids just don’t read enough it seems.

Via WSBTV

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13 Comments on “Teen Arsonists Say GTA Taught Them to Make Molotov Cocktails”

  1. ManOfTeal says:

    This is crap, I hear you can find out how to build a bomb from crap you find under your sink from the Internet.

    And the fact that these retards live in Georgia makes me not want to live near Atlanta anymore.

    Go Marlins!!!!

  2. ridlas says:

    gta doesnt show u on how to make one fucking nub kids

  3. Crowhurst says:

    I must’ve missed that part.

    And if a teenager hasn’t learnt how to make a molotov before playing GTA then they fail at being a kidult.

  4. spoot-smeg says:

    i knew it the first thing that happens when you load up the game is a full list of ingredients to every weapon in the game.
    Please it doesn’t take an idiot to make one and how many film’s have featured some of the ingredients for making simple explosives well lets see…… a tonne
    there is my little rant over :mrgreen:

  5. Anonymous says:

    Bottles full of lighter fluid, its not like its a complicated secret recipe.

  6. ubermensch says:

    you cant even make a decent one with plastic sprite bottles anyway.. its gotta be with glass so it can break ( favorite scene in movie: Saving Private Ryan, that one part .. you know it :D )

  7. Strikerzex911 says:

    lol plastic bottles

  8. DancingCorpse says:

    Ya the original Medal of Honors told me how to make moltovs WAAAAAY before I even knew about GTA.

  9. hi says:

    its stupid it never told you how stupids

  10. UGSAce says:

    [quote]lol plastic bottles[/quote]

    Hope that works but yea Lol plastic bottles lmao

  11. ikiddo says:

    How the hell do you confuse alone in the dark with gtaIV

    Both poor but come the hell on.

  12. runemaster says:

    Stupid, they should have said, the wanted to replay in real life what they had done in the game. Then at least they could really blame the game … but that train has passed i guess.

    And now i´m gonna go out, call a cab, kick the driver in the face and steal his car for a nice mayhem ride through the city – but maybe i get some handgrenades first, it´s more fun that way. :mrgreen:

  13. Gauldar says:

    Religion taught me how to kill in the name of god… NEXT!

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