Crime Teen boy accused of derailing train in Nebraska for social media content - He is accused of having deliberately flipped a switch to derail the train in order to capture the ensuing carnage that caused $350,000 in damages.

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A teenager has been charged in connection with a train derailment that occurred in Lancaster County, Nebraska earlier this year. The 17-year-old , who was arrested on Wednesday, faces two counts of criminal mischief over $5,000, both class IV felonies.

He is accused of having deliberately flipped a switch to derail the train in order to capture the ensuing carnage that caused $350,000 in damages. Film of the carnage was later posted on a YouTube channel believed to belong to the teen where it was called it the “MOST INSANE VIDEO I’VE EVER TAKEN!” Due to the nature of the crime, prosecutors have moved to have the case transferred from juvenile court to county court, where the teen would be tried as an adult.

A 17-year-old male has been accused of causing a train derailment in Nebraska.



According to KOLN, the incident took place shortly after 6pm on April 21 at a railway crossing near Monroe and Juniper Streets in Bennet, a town about 17 miles southeast of Lincoln. That evening, a BNSF train was travelling down the tracks when it suddenly jumped the rails, causing two locomotives and five full cars to slam into an empty coal car.

Speaking with investigators after the fact, the BNSF Railway Police explained that a switch had been misaligned, directing the train from its eastbound line onto tracks typically reserved for industrial use. During the ensuing investigation, it was discovered that the switch's padlock, which is meant to prevent it from being tampered with, was missing.

A short time after realizing that the padlock was gone, investigators were approached by the suspect, who had reported the derailment. After asking what happened, the teen went on to offer his theory that "obviously a switch was flipped the wrong way." He also provided footage he'd captured of the moment things went off the rails and told authorities he was a train enthusiast.

Though he denied any involvement, investigators grew suspicious. Security footage later revealed that shortly before the crash, a 1996 Buick Park Avenue had pulled up to the scene and a single person had gotten out to set up a tripod. Earlier this month, a search warrant was filed and his camera was searched for evidence.

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Morethanabitfoolish said:
It took them 3 months to investigate this guy. That is an impressive degree of incompetence.
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Unless I'm missing something all they have is that he was there when it happened and before it happened. No shit, if he's a railsperg he's gonna know when the train is due and be out there ready to get yet another pic of a completely unremarkable train going past on the tracks. Didn't say they have anything linking him to the thrown switch.
 
Kid ruined his life. I have heard stories from train hoppers about how much trouble you can get in just from being on the thing, rail companies don’t take any potential tampering lightly. I’m glad that the damages aren’t in the quadruple digits and no one got hurt.
 
I say justice would be tying him to a railroad track.

But then I remembered he's a minor.

So I say, tie him to a narrow gauge railroad track.
 
TowinKarz said:
I say justice would be tying him to a railroad track.

But then I remembered he's a minor.

So I say, tie him to a narrow gauge railroad track.
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You have to recreate the famous scene with Dudley Doright and Snidely Whiplash and record it. Because we're not complete degenerates, he will be Snidely Whiplash and the person pulling the switch will be another person dressed as Snidely Whiplash.

There will be no Nell Fenwick, because again, we're not degenerates.
 
shatterspinel said:
I’m glad that the damages aren’t in the quadruple digits and no one got hurt.
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"$350,000 in damages", that is 6 figure in damages.

Also, kid, you just caused enough damage to equal 6 years of the average american salary at the age of 17. Stop saying 'freaking', this situation requires a minimum of 6 'fuck's.
 
Sexy Potoo said:
"$350,000 in damages", that is 6 figure in damages.

Also, kid, you just caused enough damage to equal 6 years of the average american salary at the age of 17. Stop saying 'freaking', this situation requires a minimum of 6 'fuck's.
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I’m not saying he didn’t majorly fuck up, if he actually flipped the car it would have been more than property damage but an actual catastrophe
 
Reinhardo-sama said:
So, it's different when megaslop megacorps do it.
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NS didn't actively sabotage their train in EP. They were negligent as fuck, but legally, that's not the same. Now... Concerning the release of vinyl chloride: actively withholding information from first responders and Mayor Conaway concerning the "imminent explosion" of the tanks (that they weren't in danger of explosion) should definitely have earned them some Federal charges. This kid is extremely lucky no one died and there isn't permanent ecological damage. Fuck him, and throw him to the wolves.
 
Super Guido said:
You have to recreate the famous scene with Dudley Doright and Snidely Whiplash and record it. Because we're not complete degenerates, he will be Snidely Whiplash and the person pulling the switch will be another person dressed as Snidely Whiplash.

There will be no Nell Fenwick, because again, we're not degenerates.
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Where's my comically-sped-up piano score....? I know I left it around here somewhere.....

OrionBalls said:
This bastard went prepared to cause mayhem for views.
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"I'm a missing railroad switch lock, and without me? You can't stop an autistic sperg from doing $350,000 in damage, hope there's no HAZMAT in there, so get Allstate, and be protected, from mayhem like me!"

Wonder if they cheaped out and just used an off-the-shelf hardware store lock? No reason it wouldn't work, but, unlike those AAR-grade locks? It'd be easy to snip with bolt cutters.
 
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"Are they okay?" Fucking psycho.

Lock him up for a long time. There needs to be social media bans and laws, where if you do something illegal for content you get a harsher punishment, like they used to do for gang activity.
 
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