A Jamestown man was arrested after the car he was working on caused a fire that damaged city property.
Jamestown Police said that the Jamestown Fire Department responded to the vehicle fire just after 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at West Eighth Street at Lafayette Street.
Investigators say that 37-year old Nathan Lamper was using a grinder to repair the frame of the vehicle while parked on the city street. The sparks from the grinder caught leaking fuel from the vehicle on fire. The fire caused approximately $7,000 worth of damage to the city street, terrace, and trees.
Lamper arrested and charged with two counts of 4th Degree Criminal Mischief as well as being charged with violating the City Code in regards to repairing motor vehicles.
Sounds like an accident to me. How do they know it was leaking gas? How to they know if he knew it was leaking gas? They sure got a quick estimate on the damage. Looking at the court cases on Me Lamper it appears he’s being harassed by the Jamestown PD. Repair of Motor vehicles on the street is criminal? He was arraigned for it? Failure to obtain entrance and exit permit? What statue is that? Inadequate lights? Sounds like harassment to me.
If he was under the car grinding the frame and the sparks ignited leaking gas Id assume Mr Lamper had some pretty serious burns. Surprised article doesn’t mention that. Is he Ok? Seems like with Jamestown having a crime rate over 113% above the National average and a budget of $14 million dollars that there’s more pressing matters for them to address then this.