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SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Police in Salt Lake City said they arrested a mortgage company employee alleged to have drunkenly opened fire on his company's computer server.
Investigators said RANLife Home Loans employee Joshua Lee Campbell, 23, allegedly used his .45-caliber automatic to open fire on the company's $100,000 computer server while drunk Aug. 12, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday.
Campbell called police and told officers the damage was done by someone who stole his gun.
However, police said acquaintances of Campbell told investigators he had been talking earlier in the evening about wanting to shoot the server.
Campbell was charged with a felony count of criminal mischief and misdemeanor counts of carrying a dangerous weapon while under the influence, providing false information to police and public intoxication.
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