Revenge is a dish best served cold

“Man Allegedly Patient About Revenge

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a 30-year grudge boiled over when a former elementary school teacher littered the driveways of former co-workers and bosses with roofing nails and splattered paint on their garage doors.

Thomas R. Haberbush, 72, pleaded guilty last Tuesday to one count each of stalking, criminal mischief and criminal tampering, all misdemeanors.

Police said that three former school board members, a retired principal and a retired assistant principal at Caroline Street Elementary School (search) were among the nine victims Haberbush targeted over the past two years.

Their car tires were damaged by roofing nails that Haberbush threw in the driveways, police said.

"It's very bizarre to carry around a grudge for nearly 30 years," said Saratoga Springs police investigator John Catone. "At least now there can be closure for all those people he terrorized."

Police said Haberbush had been angered after receiving poor work reviews.

Saratoga County assistant district attorney David Harper requested that Haberbush undergo a mental health evaluation as part of the plea agreement. He also will be barred from contacting the victims in the future.

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“Damn, that's right in my neck of the woods.”

“Be careful when you drive away, Zac!”

“did you see the article on that page about the Thai restaurant Roach explosion?”

“Roach 'Bombs' Blow Up Restaurant

PERTH, Australia (AP) — An overzealous attempt to rid a Thai restaurant of cockroaches sparked an explosion that blew the eatery apart, emergency services said Thursday.

Three men were hospitalized with burns after they set off 36 cockroach fumigation devices — aerosol cans filled with chemicals — which apparently exploded after their contents came into contact with an oven pilot light.

Duncraig fire station officer Kieran Cooper said the blast wrecked the restaurant.

John McMillan, manager of Western Australia state's fire investigations unit, said the huge blast lifted the roof off the Tamarind restaurant (search) in the state capital, Perth.

"The restaurant owner has used the principle that if you use twice the soap, you get your hands twice as clean. He's just overdone it," McMillan said”