If you asked me to make a list of things that make this blog writing stuff a whole lot easier, two items I’d put right near the top of it would be police blotters and the state of Florida. And when those two things come together, oh boy. ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON A man …
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Gotta Be A Stabbin’ Over KD
If I told you that a hunt for some missing macaroni and cheese and a spilled beer lead to a knife in the gut from one brother to another, what state would you guess this happened in? I’ll give you a hint. It starts with F and ends with lorida. A witness told deputies in …
Angry Drunks On A Plane, Or Roger Stephens Goes Flying
Someone else has gone all Roger Stephens on a screaming kid, but apparently Joe Hundley decided to raise the bar by also being a drunken racist. The boy’s mother, Jessica Bennett, 33, told the FBI their flight was on final descent into Atlanta when her 19-month-old son started to cry due to the altitude change. …
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Man Down The Hole
I’ve never dropped my keys down a manhole, but just imagining it is enough to make me feel my heart sink a little. So when 49-year-old Richard Brandenberg offered his experience working in sewers to a woman who did, I’m sure she was thrilled. I’m also pretty sure that the thrilled feeling began to dissipate …
“Where’s Our Son?” “He’s Fine. I Sent Him Out To Play With Mike.”
Good: Your 2-year-old child is out in the yard on a lovely Sunday afternoon, happily playing and sipping on some lemonade. Not so good: Your 2-year-old child is found wandering down the road on a Sunday afternoon. He’s not wearing any shoes or socks and he’s got a bottle of hard lemonade in each hand. …
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Excuse Me Officer, Can You Help Me Find More Trouble Than I’m Already In?
for most guys, asking for directions is something we just don’t do. And for this guy, it’s something he probably shouldn’t have done. Kenneth Charlton, 41, found himself a little lost one morning. So when he saw a police cruiser parked by the side of the road, he decided to ask the friendly officer inside …
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Those 12 Steps Will come In Handy, Since He May Soon Be Walking Everywhere
If only Donald Blood III had humbly asked his greater power to remove his shortcomings, perhaps none of this would be happening. To be specific, the shortcoming that prevents him from being able to distinguish a paved parking lot from a grass-filled lawn. That one’s causing all kinds of problems for him right now. And …
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Dance With Us, You Aren’t Free
Here’s a nice little what the huh story to start the day off right. I’ll never be able to watch an episode of the Raccoons the same way again, I’ll telll you that. Police recently arrested Troy Kenneth Campbell in the middle of Charlottetown’s University Avenue dancing with a beer in one hand and a …
Weekend Audio: Greetings From The Shoe Thief
Ok, so technically this is last weekend’s audio, but things happen. Things like me coming down with a 3 day flu the next morning, for example. In retrospect I think that’s part of the reason I sound so sleepy here. Part beverages and part impending doom. People have asked for it, and we’ve finally delivered. …
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We Should Mosey On Back There And Give Them A Piece Of Our Minds!
As sure as the seasons will change, drunken idiots will bust up restaurants over screwed up orders. In an interview with cops, Slate said that the duo was “upset with McDonald’s because their cheeseburgers had been messed up.” He then “advised that they went home and continued to drink beer and get worked up about …
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