Gnome Sweet Gnome: Woman accused of striking man with garden ornament May 24, 2013

Garden gnome used in attack, police say

A domestic dispute that involved yelling and thrown household items ended in violence Sunday when, police say, a woman clonked a man on the head with a New Orleans Saints garden gnome.

A report by Gulfport police Officer Jennifer Crowson says that at about 4:17 p.m. Sunday, Lisa D. Buckley, 47, a server at a local restaurant, arrived at her home at 5407 29th Ave. S “and began yelling at the victim.” Buckley then “threw items all around the residence and then picked up a New Orleans Saints garden gnome and struck (the victim) with it.”

Crowson reported that the victim was bleeding from the ear and the left side of his head but refused medical attention. Meanwhile, she wrote, “Buckley fled the scene prior to my arrival.”

The next day, though, Buckley called and sent text messages to the victim trying to persuade him to drop the case.

Buckley was arrested Tuesday on charges of domestic battery and harassing a victim and taken to the Pinellas County Jail, where records show she was released in lieu of $5,000 bail.

USSS girl’s softball coach jailed after headbutting umpire May 22, 2013

Coach arrested for battery on a sports official.

• Sunday
• May 19, 2013
• Time: 3:54 PM

• FishHawk Sports Complex
• 16210 FishHawk Boulevard
• Lithia, Florida

Suspect:

Gordon Elliott Moore DOB 08/26/1975 4324 Melbrooke Ct. Lakeland, FL

Charge:

• Battery on a Specified Official or Employee

Victim:

Stephen H. Connell DOB 01/21/1957 4235 Tennyson Way Venice, FL

Details:

On May 19, 2013 at 3:54 p.m., Stephen H. Connell, who is an umpire for USSSA, was umpiring a softball game in which the defendant, Gordon E. Moore, was the coach for Christina Girls Minor Division, 12 and under team.
After the last out of the game, Gordon Moore got into a verbal argument with the home plate umpire, Kimberly Anderson. The victim, Stephen Connell, who was working the shortstop position, noticed Moore gesturing his arms and talking loudly got between Moore and Ms. Anderson.
During the verbal confrontation, Moore bumped Connell in the chest and then headbutted him on his nose. Moore then tried to headbutt Connell a second time, but Connell moved and struck Moore once in the face with a closed fist. Moore was arrested a short time later without incident.

Gun malfunctioned 3 times as hubby, 44, attacked estranged wife, 23 May 21, 2013

Julio Villanueva-Vasquez DOB: 4/8/69 10202 Westbranch Court Tampa, FL

Charges:

• Attempted Felony Murder
• Burglary of Dwelling w/Assault
• Violation of Domestic Violence Injunction
• Criminal Mischief

Victim:

Katherinez Villanueva DOB: 1/18/1990

Details:

On May 19, 2013 at approximately 1:27 a.m., the defendant, Julio Villanueva-Vasquez used a tool to puncture the tires of a friend who was visiting the defendant’s estranged wife. The defendant then went to the main entry of the residence and used a tool to attempt to pry the door open. The victim heard strange noises at the door and observed the defendant through the window crouched down. The victim opened the door to take a picture as proof of the defendant being there. The defendant rushed in uninvited.
The defendant and the victim engaged in a physical struggle before the defendant pulled a semi-auto handgun from his waist area. He then pulled the trigger after pointing the gun at the victim’s chest. The gun did not fire so he racked the slide twice and fired twice more, but the gun malfunctioned. The defendant fled on foot.
The victim sustained a small laceration to the face. She positively identified Villanueva-Vasquez as her attacker. A domestic violence injunction was in effect against the defendant. He was located at his residence and arrested without incident.

Mom hides son’s bottle of spiced rum; he starts breaking things May 20, 2013

FORT WALTON BEACH – A 30-year-old Fort Walton Beach man became angry when his mom hid his bottle of spiced rum and started breaking glass items in their living room, according to an arrest report.

Fort Walton Beach Police officers were told the man came home on the night of April 28 at a little after 10, and he was drunk. His mother took his bottle of spiced rum and hid it, which angered the man. He began knocking down and breaking glass items from a shelf in the living room, spreading broken glass over the living room, the officer wrote in the report.

The man’s father held him until officers arrived.

He said he’d been drinking throughout the night. When officers did a records check, they found he was on probation and shouldn’t have been drinking.

He was charged with assault and violation of probation. His court date is May 21.

A restraining order against a crazy ex-girlfriend work if she still has the key to your house

FORT WALTON BEACH – Police have arrested a woman for an incident that occurred last year in which a man’s house was broken into and some of his belongings destroyed.

On July 11, 2012, a man was granted a restraining order against a 47-year-old Fort Walton Beach woman, who was told to stay at least 500 feet away from his residence.
On July 12, the man returned to his residence to find it had been broken into. Several pieces of radio equipment were deliberately smashed with a blunt instrument, according to Fort Walton Beach police. Photographs of the man and the woman were removed from the walls and smashed.

Also, bottles of beer and wine were in the trash can; when the man left for work that morning, they were in his fridge.

There was no sign of forced entry and the victim believed the woman had his house key.

Police sent some of these items to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for DNA analysis. Meanwhile, police tried to get a DNA sample from the woman, but she invoked her right to an attorney. She failed to provide contact information for her attorney, so police were able to obtain a court order requiring the woman to submit to a swab.

The results of the swab came back March 25 and positively matched the woman’s swab. She was arrested May 2 and charged with burglary and violation of a domestic violence injunction.

Her court date was not listed on the arrest report.

Worm loses woman in messy love triangle

Stock Island – A Stock Island man was arrested, charged with cutting another man with a knife in a dispute over a woman.

The victim said he and a man he only knows as  “worm” got into a fight over a woman they both had dated. He said he was originally dating her, then she left him for “worm”. After staying with “worm” for a while, she returned to the victim.

He said on Saturday morning, he was on his boat in Boca Chica Channel when “worm” went by in a dinghy yelling profanities. When “worm” got to the Key Haven boat ramp, he threw the victim’s moped into the water.

The victim went to the boat ramp to confront “worm” and a fight ensued. “Worm” pulled out a knife and slashed the victim, cutting his arm.

Deputy Kim Trullender was dispatched to reports of a fight at the boat ramp at 10:45 a.m. He found no one there, but a short time later he found the victim at the Tom Thumb store on Stock Island. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injury. He told Deputy Trullender what happened.

Jeffery “Worm” Ballard was found by Deputy Joe Cortner walking on College Road at 1:15 a.m. He had blood on his face and head, and told the deputy he’d been beaten up by the victim of the earlier fight. He was arrested and charged with aggravated battery. Photos were taken of his injuries and Detective David Brummer will be continuing to investigate. Ballard was checked at the hospital, then booked into jail.

What’s louder than blaring music? ….. How about GUNFIRE May 19, 2013

MARION COUNTY, FL (May 17, 2013) – On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to 24900 N.E. 133rd Street, Salt Springs, in reference to a “shots fired” incident. At the scene, the victim told deputies Stanley A. Kaniewski, 72, of Salt Springs fired shots with a handgun. The victim said Kaniewski was angry about a   16-year-old playing his music loudly. “He came out of his house and began yelling obscenities and threatening to kill him, if he did not turn the music down,” the report reads.

The juvenile’s father approached Kaniewski’s home, according to the victim, and Kaniewski pointed a revolver at him. Neighbors say they heard gunshots, a male yelling and loud music. Deputies found the gun on a table inside Kaniewski’s home. Kaniewski apparently said he did not want to harm anyone as the gun only had bird shot in it and it would not hurt anyone anyway. Kaniewski was arrested.

ARRESTED:      Stanley A. Kaniewski
D.O.B:                11/13/1940
CHARGE:          Aggravated Assault

Woman bit boyfriend’s penis after he refused to have sex … Alittle horney? May 17, 2013

As Krystle M. Harrison and her boyfriend were lying in bed Wednesday evening,  the 19-year-old Bradenton woman began touching him, wanting to have sex, according to an arrest affidavit from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

The couple have been dating for about 3 years and have a child together, according to the arrest report.

After the beau turned Harrison down — several times — she grabbed him and bit his penis, the affidavit stated.

The boyfriend then pushed Harrison away and went outside, where she continued to argue with him and scratched his chest, the deputy reported.

The boyfriend refused to complete a sworn affidavit and told the deputy that he didn’t want to “press charges” against his girlfriend, who was then taken to the slammer.

Mom accused of throwing baby onto stretcher in hospital ER …. Way to go … Mom May 16, 2013

A Fort Pierce woman was being held without bond at the  St. Lucie County Jail on Wednesday after allegedly becoming angry and throwing her 8-month-old-son onto a stretcher at Lawnwood Regional Medical Center.

Brittany Demicka Cobb, 22, was charged with cruelty to a child that could result in injury, cruelty to a child — abuse without great harm, and giving a police officer a false name, according to a Fort Pierce Police Department arrest affidavit. She also was served with a warrant in a case involving driving without a license, records show.

The baby had fallen off a bed in the emergency room, where Cobb, another woman and several children were gathered Tuesday evening, the affidavit said. The boy started to cry and a hospital nurse asked to have him examined, but Cobb refused and said she was leaving, it said.

When nurses continued to insist the baby be examined, Cobb became angry and threw him to the stretcher from a height of about 18 inches, the affidavit said. When Cobb still refused to allow the boy to be examined, a city police officer working at the hospital told Cobb he was opening an investigation and she could not leave, it said.

The Florida Department of Children and Families was called and temporarily placed the baby with his maternal grandparents, the report said.

 

Dad accused of tying son to outdoor pole for hours May 14, 2013

A Miami Beach father is facing an aggravated child abuse charge after he tied his 12-year-old son to a pole and left him for hours while he went shopping, police said.

Adolfo Guzman, 49, was arrested Sunday, according to a Miami Beach Police report released Monday.

A public defender was appointed for Guzman during a court hearing Monday where he was ordered held on $50,000 bond and ordered to have no contact with his son.

Guzman had been concerned when his son disappeared for a few hours the day before and “warned him he would tie him up if he continued to wander off,” the report said.

The boy told NBC 6 that he didn’t listen to his father, and didn’t tell him he was at a friend’s house Sunday.

“I was feeling bad because it all was my fault. He’s innocent, so it’s all my fault,” the son said.

Police said that after the son disappeared again without permission and returned home, Guzman used a bicycle cable wire lock and tied him to a concrete pole outside the family’s home.

Guzman left to go shopping and didn’t come back for a couple hours, the report said. In the meantime, witnesses flagged down police officers and told them about the tied-up child, the report said.

Miami Beach Police spokesman Sgt. Bobby Hernandez said the boy was found by a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses tied up around his ankle to a laundry pole (pictured below) in a common area of an apartment building.