Paul Pelton, a disgraceful human being from Ohio, witnessed two teenagers get into a crazy car crash and instead of helping the victims, broke into the car to shoot graphic footage in hopes of selling it to local news stations. One of the victims later died.
On Monday morning two 17-year-olds, Zachary Goodin and Cameron Friend, lost control of their Honda after speeding over a railroad crossing, causing them to crash into a house. Instead of offering to help to the teens, Pelton allegedly ran over, opened a back door, and leaned in to tape the damage. He then went around to the front of the car, continued taping, and reportedly insulted the victims as they lay helpless inside the vehicle.
This week, Lorain Police arrested him on charges of vehicular trespassing, after he stupidly posted the footage on Facebook under an assumed name. Pelton was apparently trying to sell the videos to multiple TV stations. Unfortunately, being the worst person of all time is not worthy of a legitimate crime label, however Detective Buddy Siver explained there was an effort made to try and find something to charge him with.
Pelton now claims that the taping was done to educate kids rather than for own personal gain. Yeah, right.
He faces up to a maximum of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine.
UPDATE: Pelton is going to jail for only 30 days and has since apologized to both families.
[H/T: Gawker]
