--- title: Couple Denied Pizza in Oregon Set Pizza Shop on Fire description: So hangry canonical: https://time.com/13134/drunk-couple-who-were-denied-pizza-try-to-light-restaurant-on-fire/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-05T22:02:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:31.061Z og:title: Couple Denied Pizza in Oregon Set Pizza Shop on Fire og:description: So hangry og:url: https://time.com/13134/drunk-couple-who-were-denied-pizza-try-to-light-restaurant-on-fire/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda681eefae0e1640/6986840313c79f2426190dea/78365281.jpg?branch=production&width=600&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 600 og:image:height: 338 og:image:alt: Pepperoni pizza og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Couple Denied Pizza in Oregon Set Pizza Shop on Fire twitter:description: So hangry twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda681eefae0e1640/6986840313c79f2426190dea/78365281.jpg?branch=production&width=600&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Drunk Couple Who Were Denied Pizza Try To Light Restaurant On Fire > Sponsored content. 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The employees got the duo out of the restaurant and locked the door behind them, but allegedly Bossard and Kagele couldn’t take no for an answer. They started pounding on the door and eventually smashed through the glass. That’s when the employees made the smart choice to call the cops. After breaking into the restaurant, instead of heading straight for the nearest pie, Bossard and Kagele allegedly tried to MacGuyver a molotov cocktail using the curtains from the smashed window as a wick that they shoved into the jar of homemade moonshine that they were carrying. Police said the liquid was ignited and thrown into the restaurant, [according to KPTV. ](http://www.kptv.com/story/24887584/police-drunk-duo-denied-pizza-try-to-light-restaurant-on-fire) Officers arrived and arrested both suspects. Bossard is charged with arson, burglary and criminal mischief, and Kagele is facing charges of arson and burglary. After the couple faces their day in court, maybe they should consider[ moving to Indiana](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/17/indiana-public-intoxication-law-annoying-drunks/). **MORE**: [McGruff the Crime Dog Actor Jailed for Pot, Grenade Launchers](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/06/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-jailed-for-pot-grenade-launchers/) **MORE**: [Someone Stole the Letters Spelling “YOLO” From Loyola University](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/03/04/yolo-letters-stolen-loyola-university-new-orleans/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/13134/drunk-couple-who-were-denied-pizza-try-to-light-restaurant-on-fire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/13134/drunk-couple-who-were-denied-pizza-try-to-light-restaurant-on-fire/"},"headline":"Drunk Couple Who Were Denied Pizza Try To Light Restaurant On Fire","datePublished":"2014-03-05T22:02:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:31.061Z","description":"So hangry","url":"https://time.com/13134/drunk-couple-who-were-denied-pizza-try-to-light-restaurant-on-fire/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Pizza"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda681eefae0e1640/6986840313c79f2426190dea/78365281.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda681eefae0e1640/6986840313c79f2426190dea/78365281.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pepperoni pizza","caption":"Pepperoni pizza","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/13134/drunk-couple-who-were-denied-pizza-try-to-light-restaurant-on-fire/","name":"Drunk Couple Who Were Denied Pizza Try To Light Restaurant On Fire"}}]}] ```