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LEHI -- A Lehi man is in jail after police say he tried to torch his family with a can of WD-40.
Shane Johnson had been living away from his family for several weeks, but his wife and kids invited him home last Friday to celebrate his birthday. The next morning, things got weird.
Police Lt. Darren Paul says Johnson woke up and was upset his wife and kids were sleeping in and that the house was messy. So he woke them up saying he was a robot, ready to clean the house, but his cleaning technique didn't go over well. He started breaking things.
"[He] waved his arms violently, knocking items off the counter," Lt. Paul said.
Things went downhill from there.
"Then he grabbed a can of WD-40, spraying some in his wife's face," Lt. Paul said.
Paul says Johnson then took a lighter and made a blow torch with the WD-40, threatening to burn down the house and burn his family.
That's when police were called. They booked Johnson on three counts of aggravated assault and criminal mischief. Police are looking to see if he has any mental disorders that might have led to the strange behavior.
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