One of our own in the news, not good!

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/man-arrested-dumping-dead-beavers-title-max-parkin/nhGxz/

Guys this does not surprise me. I'm sure each of y'all are plugged into your own local grapevine.

Local

Posted: 4 days ago

Man arrested for dumping dead beavers at Title Max

CUMMING, Ga. —

Police arrested a Cumming man for dumping the rotting carcasses of two beavers in the parking lot of a Title Max. The stench was so strong that it drove away customers from the loan store, according to authorities.
 
Officers were called out to the store on Atlanta Road in Forsyth County on Aug. 23 in reference to dead beavers in the parking lot. The responding officer said he found two large beaver carcasses, which had already started to decompose before being dropped in the parking lot. There were also three large clear plastic containers, a black plastic bag and a clear plastic bag. There were maggots and decomposition fluids inside the containers.
 
The officer describe the stench of the decomposing beavers as “atrocious” and said he could smell the carcasses inside his patrol car hours after the call.
 
The temperature outside at the time was almost 90 degrees and with two beavers sitting on the hot black asphalt only made the smell more unbearable, almost as if they were being cooked on the pavement, officers described. Along with the high temperatures, a midday rain came through town making things worse.
 
The officer spoke to an employee of Title Max who said he saw a green Toyota Tundra drive into the parking lot, dump the beavers and drive off. The employee was able to take down the tag number of the pickup truck.
 
The officer was able to track down the vehicle to 43-year-old Chad Artimovich, of Cumming. The Title Max employee told the officer Artimovich owed Title Max over $4,000 on a loan, and was 47 days late on payments, and the pickup truck is up for repossession.
 
After several phone calls, Artimovich agreed to come to the police station to talk about the incident. When he arrived, officers arrested Artimovich and charged him with illegal dumping.
 
Artimovich told the arresting officers he was in the U.S. Marines for 16 years where he specialized in reconnaissance. He also said he was on medication for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. After being booked, he was transported to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office where he was turned over to detention officers.
 
The Department of Natural Resources will be following up with this case.

My question is...if you are gonna illegally dump a carcass why would you choose to do so at a Title Max or any other place of business? Wonder if it was a payback for something? Anyway...bad move on his part.

The article said he was in arrears on a loan to TM, and was about to have his truck re-po'd. It was a stupid "revenge" thing, not a carcass dump.

Good post, warrior! I've read some of Chad's post when he posted them and I can certainly see this happening. I'm probably not a very

good candidate to post on the subject of the U.S. Marine Corps. As much as I disliked the Army, at least I didn't blow my own brains

out like my Marine classmates did! ( This was after they became civilians, but not long after )

Ok...I missed that part when I scanned the article. I guess he thought that was gonna help matters?

I think he's going through a divorce also. It sounds like his world is turning upside down. Even sane people go crazy during a divorce and Chad started out ahead of the game. I don't know him real well but I think he's a good person losing it. I'm going to call him tomorrow and encourage him to get help.

Part of me thinks its funny but the dead beavers kind of makes trappers look bad. I would have opted for a bag of human feces. This would have made his point but not brought trapping into the argument. like maybe even a large slingshot mounted in the back of his truck capable of launching fece projectiles towards the target business. He could have gotten his trapping buddies and Marine buddies to help by donating feces after a night of mexican food and cheap beer. Also dont use PTSD to dodge jail. If you are going to act like a lunatic be a lunatic.

I haven't commented on the PTSD yet but I will now. Not to belittle or demean because many do have issues coming home from war but as the son of a Vietnam vet and a vet myself I think I'm entitled to an opinion.
As a child one of the fastest ways to set off my dad was to start talking about "crazy vietnam vets". He would cut you short and tell you point blank there were things he saw he would not talk about but those guys who came home crazy were crazy to start with and those who weren't dealt with it without making excuses. Having served myself I have say he was right. I was a cold warrior, nominally a peacetime soldier, and we had our share of drunks, nuts and crazies that I am sure went home just as drunk, nutty and crazy.
Again not to downplay the horrors our combat vets bring home with them but character counts.

The Vietnam Army had alot of draftees. These guys had drug and other problems when they got drafted and doing a tour didn't help matters.
Since PTSD became popular every guy that liked to get drunk off duty now has an excuse for doing it after he got out.
I agree with Warrior, most had problems when they went in, and the pressure of serving just did not help matters.
Those who got hit and came back disabled are a different story. For some of them the loss took away their dreams of a post service future. They push service as a way to pay for college and get an education in some skill, but most kids do not think they may catch a round and come back in pieces.
I thought of all the National Guard and Reserve troops called up for duty. These kids thought they would get the benefits and never leave home.
I worked with a couple reserve units over the years and used to get called down by officers for wanting training to be more realistic and challenging.
They would say to back off, they're just reserves who will never see combat.

He could have left the beavers IN the truck, they probably wouldn't want it back after that...

I think many of us have been to that edge, but something held us back..

Something...yes what could that have been? Lol

Good one Travis! Better one, V3N. ( I was a reservist. I doubt we could beat a pack of Cub Scouts ) Best one warrior! That whole

thing is a load of crap! How come practically nobody came back from WWII and Korea with PTSD. They saw more of the real thing than

anybody. I believe that we may be coming close to having an entirely automated military. Let's go with that!

Paul they did come back with it, it was called "shell shock".

You can't teach common sense.

My grand dad was 14 years old and ran messages between lines during WW1. Never said one thing about what he saw over seas. He also drank a good bit when not working. Never had PTSD back then.

I know whereof you speak; My dad came back from the Philippines with "beer shock"! ( It took a lot of years to cure )

Some people cope others don't. Being crazy going in and crazier coming out doesn't mean that ptsd isn't real. Drafting people who already have mental instabilities and telling them to get over it, after serving is pretty disrespectful to veterans who don't cope. Also, judging someone who has problems seeing and doing terrible thingsand having a hard time with them is disrespectful. The military can say they don't, but they want to train cold, callased, indifferent people. You can't force someone to kill and not expect problems.

Your last sentence said it all, Throw Back. The idea of an All Volunteer Military was great until everyone realized that they could

get a free college education. Now instead of killers, you've got the same college guys and gals that you had when I went in. ( The

draft days )I love the idea of drones. They get the right target and maintain the sanity of the troops and even if I was to get

killed by one,I probably wouldn't feel a thing.

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I've got the rating, Joe. Not the story. P.M.s are great!

There is no image problem....

this guy is a fb friend and he seems like a decent guy

Sorry if I offended anyone. My dad came back from WWII an alcoholic and 2 out of my 3 best friends in high school went into the

Marines and both of them committed suicide and apparently blew their brains out after they served their time. I, personally, had a

fairly disgusting time in the Army despite the fact that I was the best shot in my company. I'm sure that this had to do with

the fact that nearly 50 percent of my company was given the choice: "Either join the Army or go to jail". I am not making this up.

I would really like to know if this same kind of sentencing occurs today. All I can say is this; If your kids want to join the

military for the wonderful, free, college education that they can get, make sure they are smart enough to able to enlist in the

Navy or Air Force. We have met some our kid's friends who have served under this type of program and are completely amazed at what

some parts of our military has to offer after the "tour of duty" has been met. And these are not "Government jobs."

Another problem is the cheap liquor available on base at the PX and the Clubs, and the cheap drugs available over sea's. In the 'Nam there were Mama san's an the street corners selling HUGE plastic bags of dope, cheap.

Thanks Big Bob; That was shortly after my time. I got out, but they were still in. Hearing the stories and actually listening to

someone who had been there, brings a lot a credibility to what I felt was the reason that I am two classmates short. I loved these

guys and the fact that we attended a parochial school together just made it that much harder.

I think everybody has a tale to tell ..basiscly all the same and at the same time uniquely different...Peace All !