Toyota gets terminated with Extreme Prejudice...

Louis M. Brown · 2005-08-12T23:22:35+00:00

...or, at least, the car alarm does.... Man Arrested for Shooting Out Car AlarmMan Arrested for Shooting Out Car AlarmThursday, August 11, 2005SIMI VALLEY, Calif. ? A man annoyed by a noisy car alarm fired atleast three bullets into a Toyota Camry, silencing the alarm andbringing out police who hauled him away in handcuffs, authoritiessaid.David Owen Rye, 48, was arrested and booked for investigation ofreckless discharge of a firearm and felony vandalism, Sgt. JohnAdamczyk said. Rye allegedly told officers he grabbed his handgun andwent out to put a stop to the car alarm.The owner of the Camry, a sailor whose ship the USS Theodore Roosevelt(search) just returned from an eight-month cruise, was visiting afriend when he heard the gunfire at about 10 p.m. Tuesday, KCAL-TVreported."I mean, that's not a safe guy. I mean, you get upset over an alarm,over a noise like that, [then] there's some little kids making toomuch noise and he decides to do something awful," sailor NicholasMoreno, 25, said.Police were called to the Yosemite Avenue apartment building and Ryewas ordered out of his apartment by an officer with a bullhorn. A LosAngeles Police Department (search) helicopter also responded and Ryewas arrested.Neighbor Ken Davis said he heard gunshots and looked outside to seeRye holding a gun."It was little scary," Davis said. "I didn't know what kind of mood hewas in. I didn't want to say anything to him."From Fox News==========================================================Talk about being just a *WEE* bit peeved... :P-LMB