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Teens accused of destroying Flock camera until battery exploded, igniting fire near homes: report
Deputies said the teens used a saw and hammer, causing one camera to catch fire and leaving $5,150 in damage.
- On August 15, 2026, three 19-year-olds—Blaze Fuller, James Ryerson, and Samuel Carlisle—were arrested for allegedly destroying two Flock cameras in Edgemoor, Chester County.
- According to police affidavit, Ryerson and Carlisle sawed down the cameras and beat them with a hammer until a battery exploded, igniting a fire, while Fuller held a "tacit" agreement to assist.
- Deputies estimate the damage to the infrastructure totals $5,150, leading to conspiracy and malicious injury charges for the trio, with injury value cited as more than $2,000.
- Chester County Sheriff Max Dorsey defended the devices, stating they aid in solving violent crimes and finding abducted children, while condemning the destruction as ineffective political protest.
- Dorsey emphasized that while citizens have the right to question public policy, criminal destruction of public safety infrastructure puts the community at risk and does not "advance an argument.
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