According to charges, police say they found roughly 40, 3-inch screws creating a spike strip that he hoped would keep kids off his lawn along the created shortcut for kids. A Wyoming, Minnesota, man faces charges after allegedly creating a spike strip lined with 3-inch screws along a popular path used by children to get to a nearby park in an effort to keep them off his lawn. Homeowner creates spike strip along pathWhat we know:Kyle James Steffen, 38, faces one count of setting a pitfall/deadfall/snare related to a complaint that authorities learned about last April. The plastic was anchored into the grass with metal pieces, so the screws stayed straight up, according to the charges. Charges allege that the contraption was likely a homemade "spike strip designed to be a pitfall for neighborhood children."