Nick Postagulous
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
A Speck In My Neighbor's Eye
I had to run lab yesterday because Jones, AKA "Johnny Eyeball", was still going through medical stuff since he had a stick jab into his eye the night before. He was chasing a chicken. Yes, go ahead, make your Alabama jokes. He's a rural kind of guy. However, these aren't yardbirds. These are the fancy chickens he bought eggs from the UK to get. Seems Jones is collecting rare chickens now and is off his crane kick. Actually, if Jones does have a nickname, it's "The Birdman".
Go! Go! Go!
Poor dumb Son-of-Bruce. One of the guys that I don't have a very good relationship with at work, mainly because he's a whiney pest, but a decent enough guy as long as he's far away from me, has had his son get in trouble. Here's a section of the story from Los Huntsville Times:
It started at the Jiffy Mart, 2000 Washington St., at 7:30 p.m. There, a man allegedly took a 12-pack of Bud Light and got in line to pay. But before it was his turn, witnesses said, he pushed customers out of his way and ran from the store without paying, Sedberry said.
According to witnesses, the alleged thief jumped into a white, four-door Saturn and told the driver, "Go! Go! Go!"
Sitting in the nearby intersection of Washington Street and Oakwood Avenue was officer Jennifer Watkins, who saw the commotion, Izzo said. Watkins followed the car, but the driver took off.
This is the police account of the chase:
The Saturn traveled down Oakwood to Meridian Street to Andrew Jackson Way, back to Oakwood and onto Interstate 565 eastbound. At speeds of 60 to 65 mph on the interstate, a passenger in the Saturn threw a can of beer at the patrol car.
Patrol car hit
The driver turned onto Maysville Road and headed into the Five Points area, where the driver backed into the patrol car, causing minor damage.
Then the chase turned onto Pratt Avenue. Just after Pratt becomes Bankhead Parkway, and as officers were about to give up, the driver turned into a gravel driveway, thinking it was a road. The Saturn ran over a two-inch retainer wall and some bushes before stopping.
Facing charges
Charged with robbery were Jeffrey Witkowski, 18, who allegedly took the beer; Pete Caldwell, 22, the driver; and Robert Rush, 20, who allegedly threw the beer can at the patrol car during the chase. All three are from Huntsville.
A 21-year-old woman in the car was not charged. Witkowski, Caldwell and Rush told officers the woman didn't know what was happening and yelled at them to stop during the chase.
I commented to TC and Johnny Eyeball that if my daughter ever gets arrested and it makes the paper, I want it to be for stealing priceless jewels, like cat burgler style. The footage of the arrest was on Channel 31. Bruce's kid, who also worked in my department, was actually wearing his Water Pollution Control shirt at the time. The mayor has called us and told us to fire him. Well, duh.
