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John Germanteus, two stupid people.

At 8.25 a.m., on February 10, 2014, emergency crews and bin-salam township Pennsylvania responded to a house fire on the 2900 block of Windsor Drive.

Upon first inspection, the house appeared empty, but before firefighters could make entry, the homeowner pulled up behind them in a truck.

John Germanteus was shouting that his 74-year-old mother was asleep inside.

The fire crew contained the blaze in the kitchen to search the rest of the house, but found it unoccupied.

It would later be discovered that John Germante's mother had left the residence about 2.5 hours earlier, after John had called 911 to have her removed.

Mother and son had been arguing about money again. John told the dispatcher that she had gambled away the $2,000 that he had won gambling.

It would also be discovered after an investigation of the damage that the fire at the Germante house was no accident.

Bin-salam fire investigator Robert Spahnheimer determined that an open flame had ignited a flammable material, likely cardboard or newspaper, that had been spread across the kitchen counter near coffee maker, a clear cut, case of arson.

But John Germante out in alibi, he was at the bank that morning he said, and the surveillance video proved it.

At 8.15 a.m. on February 10, 2014, John pulls up to a drive-through ATM, but never makes a transaction.

He sits there for 11 minutes before moving his truck to the parking lot.

There, John opened his door to confront a bank employee who had just arrived for work.

Germante complained about the branch opening up at 9 and angrily through personal financial documents on the ground that he never retreated.

It was quite the scene. Almost like John Germante wanted everyone to know who he was and where he was on that particular date and time.

You can also see a fire truck in ambulance racing by in the background of the footage.

Four seconds later, Germante is back in his truck, trailing the first responders to his burning house.

Authorities believed that John lied about his mother being in the home to stall for time.

He wanted to ensure that the evidence of his arson would burn beyond recognition, the lesson he had learned from the last time this had happened.

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