# Felon WOW player drives across country to kill teenager. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757 "2009-09-03T16:17:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/1 "2009-09-03T16:17:04Z")
[Article](http://host.madison.com/wsj/article_683959a0-8a02-591d-a32b-0071ea3d1d92.html) This guy had so much stuff it was redundant redundancy. This turned out rather well thanks to the teen’s mother. Look at the list of items found when pulled over.:eek: > [@](#): > > Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Michael Popovics said Lucas had four semi-automatic hand guns - two of which were loaded - along with four loaded, large-capacity magazines, two stun guns, three pepper spray containers, two assault knives, two expandable police batons and seven sets of handcuffs when he was arrested on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Weston, about 10 minutes outside of Boston, Friday afternoon. > > Lucas also had two rolls of duct tape, a large number of plastic tie wraps that could be used as restraints, a set of professional lock-picking tools, a compass and two flashlights, along with rubber gloves and a large number of plastic bags, Popovics said. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/2 "2009-09-03T17:20:18Z")
Was he Horde or Alliance? ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/3 "2009-09-03T17:25:19Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Was he Horde or Alliance? It didn’t say. Do you think you know him? ---
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/4 "2009-09-03T17:26:26Z")
I couldn’t eat while I was reading this on my lunch hour. Just took my breath away. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/5 "2009-09-03T17:53:41Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > It didn’t say. > > Do you think you know him? It’s a WoW joke, akin to asking if he was a registered Democrat or Republican. I’m glad the kid wasn’t hurt. I’m also glad the writer of the article didn’t make a huge deal about the game; it just happened to be the online location where this guy tried his predation. Too often things like this turn into “It happened on X; therefore, X is evil.” ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/6 "2009-09-03T17:55:45Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > It’s a WoW joke, akin to asking if he was a registered Democrat or Republican. > > I’m glad the kid wasn’t hurt. I’m also glad the writer of the article didn’t make a huge deal about the game; it just happened to be the online location where this guy tried his predation. Too often things like this turn into “It happened on X; therefore, X is evil.” I was joking too. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/7 "2009-09-03T18:00:07Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I was joking too. Ah, the much sought out double whoosh… well played! ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/8 "2009-09-03T18:07:04Z")
Cut the guy some slack; he was nowhere -near- the auction house, and he had enough bag-space to hold onto stuff until he could make a little coin off it… (Not defending the guy, just wanted to make a cheap WoW joke.) ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/9 "2009-09-03T18:20:56Z")
What do you need more than one of any of those items for if you’re going to kill someone? I mean, I know it’s easy to stockpile duplicate items in RPG games, but this is real life man. If you’re on an assassination mission, you take the bare minimum to reduce weight to keep your maneuverability up and other such things. Go in with your one or two weapons, do the job, leave. Don’t need more than that unless you’re on a dungeon sweep type mission, but he wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/10 "2009-09-03T18:48:41Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I was joking too. :smack: I err on the side of face value when I can’t tell if it’s a joke or not. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/11 "2009-09-03T18:49:08Z")
pwned. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/12 "2009-09-03T18:53:26Z")
What a noob. Can’t even get one kill. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/13 "2009-09-03T18:54:18Z")
What are assault knives? ETA - Christ, that guy is 21 years old? He looks twice that. I guess World of Warcraft really makes you age faster. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/14 "2009-09-03T19:13:34Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > ETA - Christ, that guy is 21 years old? He looks twice that. I guess World of Warcraft really makes you age faster. It’s the result of high doses of monitor radiation and Doritos. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/15 "2009-09-03T19:27:25Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > It’s the result of high doses of monitor radiation and Doritos. Plus mug shots are never attractive. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/16 "2009-09-03T19:36:41Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > What are assault knives? > > ETA - Christ, that guy is 21 years old? He looks twice that. I guess World of Warcraft really makes you age faster. My thought exactly. I imagine black, with a serrated edge, blood groove, and other features which are mostly useless but make it look scary. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/17 "2009-09-03T19:41:20Z")
The number of weapons involved suggest more people would have been targeted. This man needs to separated from society. Prison is going to suck without a computer. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/18 "2009-09-03T19:42:48Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > What do you need more than one of any of those items for if you’re going to kill someone? I mean, I know it’s easy to stockpile duplicate items in RPG games, but this is real life man. If you’re on an assassination mission, you take the bare minimum to reduce weight to keep your maneuverability up and other such things. > > Go in with your one or two weapons, do the job, leave. Don’t need more than that unless you’re on a dungeon sweep type mission, but he wasn’t. I’m sure he had all of it hotkeyed. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/19 "2009-09-03T19:42:59Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > Cut the guy some slack; he was nowhere -near- the auction house, and he had enough bag-space to hold onto stuff until he could make a little coin off it… > > (Not defending the guy, just wanted to make a cheap WoW joke.) Textbook example for why he needed a bank alt. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757/20 "2009-09-03T19:44:28Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Plus mug shots are never attractive. Nor WoW players. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felon-wow-player-drives-across-country-to-kill-teenager/508757.md?page=2)