Domestic violence against your FBI wife is stupid.

[retdetsgt]

This dummy is now facing federal, not local charges....

Portland man faces arson charge after allegedly setting fire to car issued to FBI agent-wife

A Portland man faces a federal arson charge for allegedly setting his FBI agent-wife's government-issued car, weapons and credentials on fire.

David Michael Powers, 44, made his first appearance Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland, wearing a blue jail uniform and bandages around both arms. Powers sustained burns in the July 21 afternoon fire, according to federal court documents, and has been in Legacy Emanuel Medical Center's burn unit receiving treatment. He was arrested Friday after his discharge from the hospital.

Powers is believed to have driven the 2009 Dodge Charger assigned to his wife from the street into their garage, according to an affidavit filed by Portland Fire investigator Rick McGraw. Powers then retrieved his wife's purse, FBI-issued handgun and rifle, FBI badge and credentials and other items and placed them in the car, McGraw said. He then allegedly poured gasoline in and around the car and set it on fire.

The fire caused an explosion "powerful enough to move the garage off its foundation," McGraw said. A neighbor called 9-1-1, found Powers on the kitchen floor and helped him escape to his house until authorities arrived. The neighbor told authorities that he asked Powers about the smell of gasoline before the explosion, but Powers told him he had spilled it while filling the lawnmower.

Powers' wife, an FBI special agent identified only as J.A., was at Oaks Park with their young son at the time, McGraw said in the affidavit. She told him that the couple were in the process of separating and that Powers had been depressed for the previous few weeks.

A custody hearing is scheduled for Thursday and his arraignment has been set for Sept. 5.

Portland man faces arson charge after allegedly setting fire to car issued to FBI agent-wife | OregonLive.com

I bet the custody hearing doesn't go well for him either....

[MikeG]

This dummy is now facing federal, not local charges....

I bet the custody hearing doesn't go well for him either....

Nope, not well at all. None of his custody hearings. Psych hold, no bail, restraining order, no kids.

Sounds like he likes the FBI less than you do. You didn't have FBI ex, did you ?

I'm betting guy put up with all the FBI training/moving/travel for wife and then gets hit with affair/separation/divorce so blames FBI instead of wife. If he just gets rid of all that FBI stuff, everything will be fine.......

Now the wife just got everything she could ever hope for from divorce. Sole custody, invisible address, her pick of personal property as his is sold off to pay for defender. Then she'll probably be allowed to move anywhere in the country without having to tell him where. (boyfriend could keep her in Oaks Parks, I guess). And brand new FBI stuff. They must have been able to locate her quickly or else I suspect a massive response would have been in the works.

Sad part is that he probably could have faced disorderly conduct/DV charges prior but I bet wife is reluctant to call local LEO due to ramifications of he said/she said spat. This would be a rather outrageous first attempt for attention.

Still, it's clear he's trying to take or control or destroy something he believes she values. Glad it was FBI stuff and not their kid (or her). Personally, I don't think those mindsets are that far apart.

[ET109]

Could have been a lot worse... that weapon shouldn't have been unsecured around someone with a screw that loose.

[MikeG]

Could have been a lot worse... that weapon shouldn't have been unsecured around someone with a screw that loose.

I can understand the weapons being secured and he has access. that's kind of just being married. You never know when one is going to do a back flip off the deep end. Same for the keys to car. But why she left her creds was weirder to me. Unless they have more than one set of creds, I would think a concealable weapon and creds would be on her person whenever she left the house. Even uniformed officers I know carry their flat badge and commission card with them on and off duty. The badge on the uni is nice but the creds are what means something (I've even seen officers lend a uniform badge for a shift or a plainclothes court assignment but never their creds).

[Ispbear]

Could have been a lot worse... that weapon shouldn't have been unsecured around someone with a screw that loose.

Who says it wasnt in a safe that he happen to know the combination. I know my wife knows the combo to my gun safe, guess It wouldn't be the first thing on my mind to change the code if I was seperating from her.

[MikeG]

Who says it wasnt in a safe that he happen to know the combination. I know my wife knows the combo to my gun safe, guess It wouldn't be the first thing on my mind to change the code if I was seperating from her.

How many time does this happen:
"Honey I forget my XYZ and I'm at work. can you bring it to me?"

Doesn't change change when they get a badge. XYZ just becomes cooler stuff. Gun. badge. Keys to patrol car that they were supposed to leave at dept after they filled it up, etc.

[retdetsgt]

Doesn't change change when they get a badge. XYZ just becomes cooler stuff. Gun. badge. Keys to patrol car that they were supposed to leave at dept after they filled it up, etc.

If I can't trust my wife, who can I trust? The only time I would start to tighten things up would be if I thought a split up was going to happen.

[ET109]

Who says it wasnt in a safe that he happen to know the combination. I know my wife knows the combo to my gun safe, guess It wouldn't be the first thing on my mind to change the code if I was seperating from her.

It would for me, but then again, I'm a bitter SOB.

[retdetsgt]

It would for me, but then again, I'm a bitter SOB.

That's why I put the option "unless we were splitting up". Having been there, I know how ugly it can get.