Man, 87, allegedly shot stepson in the face for being a ‘moocher’ …. so be forewarned! June 19, 2013

A North Fort Myers man is facing an attempted murder charge after deputies say he shot his stepson in the face for being a “moocher.”

William Calvin Crow, 87, is also facing a conspiracy charge and a weapons charge, and he remains in custody at the Lee County Jail. He was charged Monday, but the incident occurred on June 11.

The victim, identified as Craig Barton, 54, survived the shooting.

Deputies responded to a residence on Blue Skies Drive and learned Crow and Barton had been involved in a fight the night before.

Investigators said Barton was sitting under the carport when Crow approached him, pulled a .25 caliber gun and fired several shots at Barton’s face and neck, according to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office report.

Barton then tried to grab the gun from Crow, and the two struggled until Barton took the gun away and threw it into the yard.

Both men were transported to Lee Memorial Hospital for care, and Crow was later taken into custody.

Crow told investigators he was tired of Barton being a “moocher” and was upset over his stepson’s heavy drinking, according to the report.

And … we have this moron …. Fails At Killing Sleeping Wife, Succeeds At Breaking His Neck June 18, 2013

A gun malfunction may have spared a Bradenton woman from a worse fate after police report she was shot in the face by her husband Friday.

Steven Pinel was formally charged with attempted murder Sunday for the non-fatal shooting of his wife Friday night. Pinel reportedly was unable to fire additional rounds after the first shot, said Bradenton Police Chief Michael Radzilowski.

“There was an issue,” Radzilowski said Sunday afternoon, not wishing to elaborate further. “All we are saying is that he had a problem with the gun and she was able to flee.”

Pinel allegedly shot his wife in the face the 4800 block of 51st Street West at 11:49 p.m. Friday while she was sleeping , Radzilowski said.

“She told a neighbor that he had hit her in the face with the gun, but actually he had shot her and she didn’t know it because she was sleeping,” Radzilowski said. “It must have felt like a massive blow, like a punch, which is why she thought she had been hit with a blunt object.”

The wife’s injuries were not life-threatening and she remains hospitalized, Radzilowski said. The small caliber bullet that hit her in the face “did significant damage.”

“It just didn’t render her unconscious,” Radzilowski added.

Pinel later wrecked his vehicle in a ditch along State Road 70 near Interstate 75, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, and tried unsuccessfully to hijack the vehicle of a passerby, who stopped to offer assistance after the crash.

Witnesses said the driver of the vehicle in the ditch pointed a gun at them before the driver ran off.

“I expect there will be charges coming from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office regarding Mr. Pinel’s pointing of a gun at those people,” Radzilowski said.

Deputies arrested Pinel at 3:20 a.m. Saturday while he was walking through the Tara subdivision went of I-75. He was taken to a local hospital under guard.

The Bradenton Police Department reported Pinel likely suffered a broken neck in the accident that sent his vehicle into the ditch.

Radzilowski said at 11 a.m. Sunday, Pinel was well enough to be transferred from Manatee Memorial Hospital to the Manatee County jail.

“We don’t know the motive for this,” Radzilowski said. “Our detectives are working on it.”

Pinel is being held with no bond.

And …. more and more bizarre …. Boat captain grabbed machete; crew jumped overboard

A Sunday boating trip down the Ocklawaha River ended with four people abandoning ship after they said the vessel’s operator got upset and went for a machete.

It was unclear what set off Rex Crews, 51, but it was enough that the four passengers on the boat, including Crews’ daughter, decided it was safer in the water, according to Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports.

The four were picked up by a passing boat and the sheriff’s helicopter was able to spot Crews’ boat near Moss Bluff. Crews docked the boat and ran into the woods. He was eventually caught by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers and charged with boating under the influence.

Crews was booked into the Marion County Jail, from which he was released Monday morning after posting a $500 bond.

Planned genital slicing …… that calls for a police response June 16, 2013

A man accused of flashing a kitchen knife and threatening to chop off his neighbor’s penis was arrested in a late night Fort Pierce flap.

The case of the apparent planned penis pruning played out around 9:30 p.m. May 28 in the 2300 block of South 29th Street, according to a recently released police report. Lavontae Jamar Roberts, 19, was arrested in connection with the incident.

The 28-year-old victim told Fort Pierce police a loud banging on his apartment wall continued for hours and repeatedly woke his 3-month-old daughter. The 28-year-old victim decided to nicely ask the neighbor to stop with the banging.

The 28-year-old victim got no response after knocking on the neighbor’s door. He knocked some more before the neighbor made a comment.

“Stop knocking on my door you (female genitalia) (buttocks) cracker!” the neighbor is quoted as saying.

The victim yelled to please stop banging, noting it’s waking the 3-month-old baby.

The neighbor came out and flashed a kitchen knife, saying he planned to lop off the victim’s penis and “kill him and everyone in his house.”

It could be argued the average male would oppose having his penis chopped off.

Meanwhile, the victim said he called police.

“The neighbor then told him that if he called the police and they showed up he was going to kill him and he promised to God that if he got arrested and went to jail he was going to get him back by coming for him and his cracker (buttocks) family,” a report states.

The victim’s brother-in-law also told police the neighbor had a knife; made the penis cleaving threat; said he’d “kill all of them” and referred to them as “crackers.”

Roberts, of the 2300 block of South 29th Street in Fort Pierce, was arrested on charges including assault with intent to commit a felony and resist officer obstruct without violence.

Masseur accused of rubbing client …….. the wrong way

A DNA test led to the arrest Wednesday of a Fort Lauderdale massage therapist accused of performing a sex act on a sleeping client, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.

Scott Lloyd Price, 55, was a massage therapist at the Center for Wellness, 4001 N. Ocean Drive in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, according to the arrest report.

The customer arrived for a massage Nov. 11 and told detectives that after dozing off, he awoke to find Price performing oral sex on him. The customer said he immediately flipped onto his stomach as Price left the room, the report stated.

The customer was taken to a sexual assault treatment center, where a DNA sample was taken. The sample was identified as the DNA of another man. Investigators subsequently obtained a DNA sample from Price, which matched the sample taken from the client, detectives said.

The arrest report did not make it clear whether Price is still employed at the center.

You look awfully foolish if you accuse a man of not being a cop when he’s in full cop uniform June 14, 2013

A drunk man who was shouting profanities at children and others on the beach was arrested after he resisted an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy.

The incident occurred May 26 on the beach at The Boardwalk. A woman approached the deputy and told him a man was yelling profanities at kids and other people, and pointed him out.

The deputy approached the man and noticed he reeked of alcohol. He also had trouble standing. As he spoke with the deputy, he continued cursing people, so the deputy told him he was trespassing and had to leave. The man allegedly replied, “I ain’t f—— leaving and you can’t make me.” When he was told a second time to leave, the man said, “F— you, you’re not a cop.”

The deputy was wearing his uniform.

When the man was told to put his hands behind his back he said, “No,” and when the deputy tried to grab his wrist, the man pulled away.

He was charged with trespassing and obstruction without violence.

Woman pulled gun on roommate. You ask why?? Well for hiding the vodka of course!

A Key Largo woman was arrested Wednesday after she pointed a gun at one of her roommates after he hid her vodka from her.

When Sgt. Jason Madnick and Deputy Sydney Whitehouse arrived at the home on Second Terrace at 6:15 p.m., they found the victim standing outside. The suspect, 51 year old Kari Dangler was just going inside.

The victim told Sgt. Madnick Dangler had pointed a gun at him. He said the gun was a stainless revolver in a black holster.

Sgt. Madnick then confronted Dangler with her roommate’s accusation. She said the gun belonged to her other roommate and she’d only gone to get it so she could clean it. The gun – a stainless Colt Python – was retrieved from a bedroom.

Inside the gun was a spent bullet casing. Sgt. Madnick asked about it and Dangler said she shot the firearm the week before in the area of the pool because a frog was making noises. Sheriff’s Office records show a shots fired call in that area on June 4^th at 10 p.m. At the time, responding deputies could not find the source of the weapons fire.

Dangler was arrested. She was charged with aggravated assault and she was booked into jail.

Son jailed for neglect of his mom who had legs amputated June 13, 2013

Police have charged a Palmetto man with Elder Neglect and Elder Exploit after they say he delayed medical treatment to his ailing mother, resulting in her legs being amputated.

According to the Palmetto Police Department, 50-year-old James Bonelli was trusted as the caretaker for his mother, who suffers from multiple medical issues and cannot make sound judgements.

Bonelli had recently taken her to the doctor for chest pains.  Upon arrival, the doctor urged Bonelli to take his mother to the emergency room due to open sores and ulcers on her legs, to the point that the tendons were exposed on one leg.

However, a police report says that Bonelli instead took her directly to the bank, where he cashed two months of her Social Security cheaks and withdrew more cash from her account.

It was hours before his mother got the medical attention she needed, and the mother’s legs needed to be amputated.

Social workers told police that Bonelli refused to accept help in taking care of his mother, and would not return their calls.

Boselli was arrested on June 6th and charged with Elder Abuse and Elder Exploit on $21,500 bond.  He was released two days later.

Man stabbed brother over spilled beer, missing mac & cheese

A 49-year-old man was arrested in Deltona late Tuesday on suspicion of stabbing his brother in a fight that started over some missing macaroni and cheese and spilled beer.

Randy Zipperer was arrested on charges of aggravated battery and obstructing an officer without violence.

[Warning, content may be graphic: 911 call

According to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, a witness said Zipperer was at his home on Danforth Avenue when he became upset because he couldn’t find his mac and cheese.

His 47-year-old brother went to help look for the food and accidentally knocked over Zipperer’s beer, the witness told deputies.

The brothers then got into an argument and Zipperper got a knife from the kitchen and stabbed his brother in the stomach, deputies said.

Deputies said the brother had a small puncture wound on his stomach and found blood leading from the kitchen to the bedroom.

Video: Lady Goes Crazy In Dunkin Donuts Over ….. a Receipt June 11, 2013

Don’t you just love people like this? Get a life honey. You bought a freakin’ donut. Unless you’re on a business trip from your loser job you don’t need a slip of paper the size of a gum wrapper. This is exactly the entitlement mentality that American culture is now breeding among the young.
The real hero here is the Dunkin Donuts worker who put up with this woman without tasering her ass.

 

UPDATE: Our friends at TheSmokingGun.com have identified this woman as Taylor Chapman. Shortly after posting this video, she received a response to her video she was not expecting and quickly deleted her Facebook page.

The customer seen berating Dunkin’ Donuts employees in that viral video your friend sent you today is a 27-year-old Florida woman who has previously worked as a video spokesperson for such establishment as Happy Wok restaurant and an auto repair shop.

For some unexplained reason, Taylor Chapman walked into a Dunkin’ Donuts Saturday morning–iPhone in hand–to record a complaint about not being provided a receipt for a prior purchase. “This is all being under video surveillance,” she warned one employee (who was unfailingly polite).

 

UPDATE #2 - So, it took us a minute, but we figured out what the woman in the video, Taylor Chapman, was really up to. Likely she and her foul-mouth friends started talking about her “horrible” experience at Oakland Park, Florida Dunkin Donuts where the staff–wait for it–forgot to give her a receipt! Of course, the rule is you’re supposed to get your order free if they forget and somehow that didn’t happen the day before . . . at least according to Taylor. So she likely started jawing with her gal pals about how unjust this was, how this big corporation was crushing her, and decided to get some revenge–social media style–on the business by marching in with her video cam in hand intentionally provoke the cashier.
But it didn’t work. This poor guy stood there and listened to her rant with a cell phone in his face the entire time, explained the store policy repeatedly to her, and then filled the order. Even that didn’t make Taylor happy (probably because she didn’t get the reaction video she had hope for that would make her “famous.”) Instead, she comes off looking like an entitled bitch (and I don’t use that term lightly) and the world, hopefully, despises what she did.
To honor the hard working folks at Dunkin Donuts, I’m proposing “A Donut in Honor of Taylor Day”, asking readers to buy a pastry from DD and post the picture on our Facebook page as a way of saying thank you.