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His victory happened in front of Adolf Hitler.
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🚨#BREAKING: A man who m*rdered his own FATHER because he was asked to WASH DISHES... is now accused of setting a fire that burned roughly 700 homes to the ground and forced 65,000 people to flee.
Yes, he k*lled his dad over DISHES and he wasn't in prison.
His name is Aaron Farinacci. He's 37.
Back in 2010, in Mesa, Arizona, Farinacci got into an argument with his father, because his father asked him to do the dishes.
So he shot him de*d.
Then he pointed the gun at his own mother.
Then he shot himself and survived.
He was charged with first-degree M*RDER... but that got knocked down, and he pleaded guilty to mansl*ughter.
Now fast forward to this week in Spokane, Washington.
The Old Trails Fire tore through neighborhoods north of the city. It destroyed around 700 structures, most of them homes.
As many as 65,000 people were forced to evacuate. Investigators say it was intentionally set.
And they've arrested Aaron Farinacci.
Police say he had waterproof matches and a butane lighter on him and found him kneeling in the grass right where the fire started.
The sheriff says he's been contacted before for "arson-related behavior."
Here's the part that will make you sick.
On the DAY the fire started, a witness reported a nervous man in the trees.
Police actually stopped Farinacci a mile away, questioned him... and let him GO.
Now 700 families may be staring at the ashes of everything they built.
But here's who got him: ordinary citizens.
Neighbors who saw something wrong and refused to stay quiet.
The prosecutor said that this case was cracked by "vigilant citizens" who spoke up.
THANK GOD for people who pay attention.
He's charged with first-degree arson, held on a $1 million bond.
GOOD.
How does a man plead guilty to k*lling his own father... and end up free, with a lighter, next to 65,000 people's homes?
Somebody needs to answer for that.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.
If the races were reversed, this would be breaking news on CNN and other news networks.
She needs to be arrested. If the person filming was involved, they should be too