Oddblotter: Staties Nab Massively Murderous Online Role Playing Gamer

Last Friday, State police arrested a 21-year-old World of Warcraft gamer who had driven to Madison, Wisc. to kill a 17-year-old rival, according to reports. Staties arrested Gloucester gamer Trevor L. Lucas on the Mass. Turnpike just outside of Boston on a warrant out of Wisconsin. They reported that Lucas was packing a real arsenal: "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."

According to authorities, Lucas had a beef with his alleged intended victim because the boy had gotten Lucas banned from World of Warcraft after Lucas had asked for nude self-portraits. In his fury, Lucas allegedly drove to Wisconsin, threatened the boy's mother with a fake story and a gun, and fled back to Massachusetts when his ploy did not succeed. He faces numerous charges. [Wisconsin State Journal, via Obscure Store and Reading Room]