Woman Tries to Gas Unwanted Houseguests
VICTORVILLE, Calif. - A woman tried to get rid of unwanted houseguests by gassing them. A family friend introduced the 51-year-old woman to Kevin Frye and Andrew King and she agreed to let them spend the night, investigators said. But they overstayed their welcome — refusing to leave for six weeks as they allegedly sold drugs from her apartment.
The woman finally decided to open her oven's natural gas line in hopes of driving them away. Even after filling the apartment with gas, however, the house guests remained.
The Fire Department was called about 5:30 a.m. Monday by a woman saying she was overcome by the fumes. The 51-year-old woman was so sick she had to be taken to the hospital, in tears all the way, paramedics said.
There was no explosion and no one was seriously hurt.
The 51-year-old woman, whose name wasn't released, told San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies that she wanted to drive away her unwanted guests, Deputy Greg Myler said.
"She said she just felt so desperate," Myler said of the woman and her 59-year-old boyfriend. "For the last six weeks they were trying to get them out."
The couple told deputies they were too afraid of their houseguests to call the Sheriff's Department for help, Myler said.
Frye, 27, and King, 29, were arrested and booked for investigation of allegedly selling cocaine from inside the apartment and the front yard, Myler said. Deputies confiscated 10 cocaine rocks and cash during a search of the apartment, Myler said.
VICTORVILLE, Calif. - A woman tried to get rid of unwanted houseguests by gassing them. A family friend introduced the 51-year-old woman to Kevin Frye and Andrew King and she agreed to let them spend the night, investigators said. But they overstayed their welcome — refusing to leave for six weeks as they allegedly sold drugs from her apartment.
The woman finally decided to open her oven's natural gas line in hopes of driving them away. Even after filling the apartment with gas, however, the house guests remained.
The Fire Department was called about 5:30 a.m. Monday by a woman saying she was overcome by the fumes. The 51-year-old woman was so sick she had to be taken to the hospital, in tears all the way, paramedics said.
There was no explosion and no one was seriously hurt.
The 51-year-old woman, whose name wasn't released, told San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies that she wanted to drive away her unwanted guests, Deputy Greg Myler said.
"She said she just felt so desperate," Myler said of the woman and her 59-year-old boyfriend. "For the last six weeks they were trying to get them out."
The couple told deputies they were too afraid of their houseguests to call the Sheriff's Department for help, Myler said.
Frye, 27, and King, 29, were arrested and booked for investigation of allegedly selling cocaine from inside the apartment and the front yard, Myler said. Deputies confiscated 10 cocaine rocks and cash during a search of the apartment, Myler said.
