Oregon Woman Arrested For Arson After Siphoning Gas While Smoking

Siphoning gas while smoking is a terrible idea. It can blow up and kill you or leave you severely injured. Also, it can get you arrested.

Not smoking at a gas station is common sense. I feel like everybody knows that from a very young age. Unfortunately, I was wrong. An Oregon woman is now learning the important lesson the hard way.

This is one of those stories that just makes you want to give yourself a face palm. What else can you do? People are the absolute worst and just when you think we couldn't be any dumber, we go out and do something like this. Don't smoke at the gas station. You can get your fix soon enough. Otherwise, you might be facing a list of charges like this woman!

According to KEZI, a woman in a bakery van allegedly lit a cigarette while siphoning gas with a hose out of a U-Haul vehicle in Roseburg, Oregon. Now, she's being charged with second-degree arson after one and possibly two U-Haul vehicles were destroyed in the fire that was started. That woman has since been identified as 47-year-old Jennifer Denise Holmes who drives the bakery van with "Nana's Sweet Treats" written on the side, per KEZI.

By the time that emergency crews were able to get the scene, the U-Haul was reportedly fully engulfed in flames and was spreading to a second van. Law enforcement were able to look at security footage which showed Holmes' van in the area just before the fire started. She admitted to siphoning gas from the U-Haul while lighting a cigarette which was responsible for starting the fire, per KEZI. She's now also being charged with first-degree criminal mischief and reckless burning.

This isn't the first time someone was caught-on-camera siphoning gas from a U-Haul in Oregon. It happened a couple of years ago and the guy caught on fire! Remember: this is why you don't light fires around gas! Don't smoke at the gas station, especially while you're siphoning gas. You can check out that video from a few years ago below.

That's wild! It's important to remember common sense. It can be easy to forget but always keep it with you. Also good to remember that there are security cameras everywhere these days and if you think you're going to get away with something like this you are most likely incorrect.

While committing crimes may seem black and white (you either broke the law or you didn't), there are certainly some crimes that are dumber than others. Sometimes it's the crime itself that's wild, other times, it's the people committing said crimes. These are 5 of the craziest, cringeworthy crimes ever committed.

Crimes can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. However, it takes a very unique individual, a case study if you will, to commit some of these outrageously dumb crimes. Years ago, these criminals would have been featured on Spike TV or one of those America's Dumbest Criminal shows. Today, I'm not sure if those shows are around...and I'm certain Spike TV isn't around anymore. That's a story for another time.

Crimes can happen for a number of reasons. They may happen out of necessity. They could also happen on accident. These crimes, however, do not fall into those categories. These crimes are different. None of these would accidentally happen. They also aren't a matter of life or death. There's no ethics quiz here, or any matters of 'would you steal bread to support your family?' These crimes, and criminals, aren't straight up cringeworthy.

While all of these crimes are crazy and certainly cringeworthy, they also make for excellent conversation pieces. That's why I've gone and found five examples of the wildest stories that Dave and Chuck the Freak have talked about and made a list highlighting the best of the best. Let's be honest...what's better than reading a story about one of the craziest crimes ever committed? Or, watching Dave and Chuck the Freak talk about some of the dumbest crimes ever committed? Personally, I'm going with the funny storytellers.

They add their own two cents and perspectives on these stories that nobody else could provide. Not even those talking heads on the dumbest criminal shows. Am I the only one who remembers those? I feel like they were a staple on TruTV or VH1, but now all I can find on TruTV is Impractical Jokers, which is awesome but...you get it. Let's not delay! Here's the list!

Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a man in Wisconsin who was arrested after lighting his own car on fire and being found naked, covered in liquid soap near a lakae. He is supposedly a licensed psychotherapist, works with 'magic mushrooms' and is "pretty much an expert in magic."

Dave & Chuck the Freak hear about a new Amazon vendor scam involving glue guns and head-lamps, or a potential windfall if you're James.

Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a man in Dearborn, Michigan who exposed himself to someone at a Burlington Coat Factory. They are very confused when they learn about their hours and huge social media following. Then, they try to figure out what they even sell there.

Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a man in Las Vegas, Nevada who stripped nude and danced on the gaming tables before he was restrained and arrested. Vegas, baby...

Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a man in Illinois who accidentally shot himself in the leg whilst dreaming of burglars breaking into his house. Living the proverbial dream isn't always what it seems...

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