2 men arrested for planting booby traps in Utah
April 24, 2012
Two young men are in custody in Utah after deadly booby traps were found along an admired walking trail in Provo Canyon. The suspects are Benjamin Steven Rutkowski, 19, and Kai Matthew Christensen, 21. They were charged with reckless endangerment which is a misdemeanor.
Authorities used Facebook to track the suspects down. They moved in on Rutkowski and Christensen following their conversations of the booby traps on the social networking site. An observer also contacted the Utah Country Sheriff’s Office with information on the suspects.
A statement issued by the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said a US Forest Service officer discovered the two booby traps inside a shelter built from dead tree limbs while on foot patrol along the Big Springs walking trail. “As he investigated the shelter he noticed what appeared to be a trip wire near the ground at an entrance. Upon further investigation he discovered that the trip wire led to a booby trap device which was made with a large rock, sticks sharpened at both ends, and was held together with rope,” the statement read. “This device was situated in such a way that when contact was made with the trip wire it would swing toward an unsuspecting hiker or camper,” the statement added.
A second booby trap was also revealed and it also could be triggered by a trip wire. “This wire was configured so as to trip a person, possibly causing them to fall forward onto sharpened sticks placed in the ground,” the statement said.
Police said the two young men had confessed to placing the deadly traps in the Provo Canyon area.
What do you think is the reason for which they placed these traps on a walking trail? Do these two men need some sort of psychological help? What was the purpose of the booby traps: harming people for fun? Could this be a real life Hunger Games?
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