A Thanksgiving Fight Ended with a Guy Burning His Family’s House Down

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A Thanksgiving Fight Ended with a Guy Burning His Family’s House Down

A 21-year-old guy in Illinois is facing charges after he got into a heated argument on Thanksgiving . . . and ended the fight by torching their HOUSE.

Cops in Beach Park, Illinois near Chicago responded to a call at 7:30 PM on Thanksgiving Day.  And at that point, it was just an argument.

The family said 21-year-old Erik Crump . . . who was still living at home . . . had been “antagonizing and arguing” with other people at dinner.

Cops were able to calm things down, and he agreed to keep to himself the rest of the night.  But unfortunately, that didn’t happen.  They had to come back an hour later because the house was on fire.

It turned out Erik learned he was about to be kicked out and couldn’t live there anymore.  So he used gas or some sort of accelerant to start a fire in his bedroom.

He was standing on the street with a KNIFE when cops got there.  But luckily, no one was hurt and everyone made it out okay.

The silver lining is he won’t have to worry about finding an apartment now. He’s facing serious jail time for arson.

The bad news is his FAMILY needs a place.  Their house suffered “major damage.”

Here’s his mugshot.

Courtesy of NBC Chicago / People / LCSO

Photo by Dave Hoefler on Unsplash

(Here’s his mugshot.)