FL: Man Gets Attacked At Chili's Restaurant After telling Loud Mouth Man To Watch His Foul language....
Slimpickins
his language! Frankly, I wish there were more out there like him. And
'three cheers' to the good customers who intervened to help him and his
family!
Slim
Mar 21, 2001 - 08:22 PM
2 charged in attack at Chili's
CANDACE J. SAMOLINSKI
of The Tampa Tribune
It was about 6 p.m. last Thursday when Ben Costa decided to take his wife
and her parents out for dinner at Chili's Bar and Grill on U.S. 19.
The two couples were preparing to leave on a cruise and were eager for a
break from packing. They were waiting for a table along with other patrons
outside the restaurant lobby when a man in his 30s appeared in the doorway.
He was talking loudly on a cellular telephone and using foul language.
Costa, 50, of Brooksville asked the man not to curse in front of his family.
The man yelled at Costa, witnesses said, and punched him several times in
the head until he fell on the ground, a Pasco sheriff's report said.
The man then yelled obscenities at Costa's wife, Catherine, also 50, and
reportedly attacked her 85-year-old father, Joseph, cutting him on the right
arm.
Several customers jumped on the man to stop the attack and when he was let
go, the suspect ran away, the report said.
Manager Steve Byrd called 911 while another customer, Carol Galeota, ran
after the suspect across U.S. and into Target.
The pursuit continued through the store's garden center and then down the
street to Gulf View Square mall.
That's where Galeota said the man got into a green Chevrolet Suburban that
she recognized as being driven by another man who also had been at the
restaurant.
Investigators used the license plate number from the Chevrolet to track down
two men later identified as Eric Michael James, 31, of 5825 Grand Blvd. in
New Port Richey, and Jeremiah Wesley Freeburg, 26, of 12640 Kitten Trail in
Hudson.
They were arrested Tuesday on charges of battery on a person older than 65
and simple battery.
Both men were being held in the Land O' Lakes jail Wednesday. James was held
on $5,500 bail; Freeburg's bail was set at $5,000.
The Costa family wasn't seriously injured.
They couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday.
cantw...@net.com
> ***I admire this man whom had the Guts to tell the lewd loud-mouth to watch
> his language! Frankly, I wish there were more out there like him. And
> 'three cheers' to the good customers who intervened to help him and his
> family!
>
> Slim
Admire the man? What about the woman, Carol G., who chased the foul mouth and
got the license plate?
Happя
cantw...@net.com wrote in message <3ABBD212...@net.com>...
woman. She must be a strong looking lady. She should be up for one of those
"good citizen" awards.
Happy
>
China Kate Sunflower
cannonballs, "Happÿ"'s motto is:
>Both of them should be commended. I wonder why the man ran so far from the
>woman. She must be a strong looking lady. She should be up for one of those
>"good citizen" awards.
Reminds me of a (possibly incredibly distasteful, yet very funny) comment Paul
Rodriguez made on "Politically Incorrect" many years ago about OJ Simpson and
Nicole Brown. I can't remember what prefaced it, but what stuck in my mind was
him saying "Now if OJ had married a big Mexican woman name Lupe, this never
would have happened."
K., or a big Irish woman named Mary wielding a hurley stick
--
The Dude abides.
Happя
, "Happя"'s motto is:
>
That isn't a motto.
Happy
China Kate Sunflower
cannonballs, "Happÿ"'s motto is:
>
>
>
>>
>That isn't a motto.
Thank you for re-stating the obvious. It is, in fact, a customizable opening
quote per my newsreader's "User Preferences" option with text ripped off from a
Grateful Dead song (Uncle John's Band), as is my (also customizable) moniker
(China Cat Sunflower).
The full lyric, since it seems to bother you:
Goddamn! Well I declare!
Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built on cannonballs
Their motto is "Don't Tread on Me"
Kate
Maggie
>Goddamn, well I declare! Have you seen the like? Their walls are built
>on
>cannonballs, "Happÿ"'s motto is:
>>
>>
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>>, "Happÿ"'s motto is:
>>>
>>That isn't a motto.
>
>Thank you for re-stating the obvious. It is, in fact, a customizable opening
>quote per my newsreader's "User Preferences" option with text ripped off
>from a
>Grateful Dead song (Uncle John's Band), as is my (also customizable) moniker
>(China Cat Sunflower).
>
>The full lyric, since it seems to bother you:
>
>Goddamn! Well I declare!
>Have you seen the like?
>Their walls are built on cannonballs
>Their motto is "Don't Tread on Me"
***FWIW--nothing, perhaps--I found it so annoying when I first noticed it that
I skipped your posts (which I have come to like) for days. But I also find all
those stupid, "The lovely and talented...." and "For no discernible reason
xxx said....." very annoying. I can't for the life of me figure out their
purpose.
Maggie
"Many students react to ideas they don´t like as though they were apprentice
members of the Chinese Politburo."--Nat Hentoff on reactions to David
Horowitz's Ad Opposing Slave Reparations
sal
I kinda liked your customizations. Good songs.
-Sal
China Kate Sunflower
>
>Kate said:
>>Goddamn, well I declare! Have you seen the like? Their walls are built
>>on
>>cannonballs, "Happÿ"'s motto is:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>, "Happÿ"'s motto is:
>>>>
>>>That isn't a motto.
>>
>>Thank you for re-stating the obvious. It is, in fact, a customizable opening
>>quote per my newsreader's "User Preferences" option with text ripped off
>>from a
>>Grateful Dead song (Uncle John's Band), as is my (also customizable) moniker
>>(China Cat Sunflower).
>>
>>The full lyric, since it seems to bother you:
>>
>>Goddamn! Well I declare!
>>Have you seen the like?
>>Their walls are built on cannonballs
>>Their motto is "Don't Tread on Me"
>
>***FWIW--nothing, perhaps--I found it so annoying when I first noticed it that
>I skipped your posts (which I have come to like) for days. But I also find all
>those stupid, "The lovely and talented...." and "For no discernible reason
>xxx said....." very annoying. I can't for the life of me figure out their
No purpose, just for laffs. Why do you read that header info anyway? I hardly
ever even notice it.
K.
Happя
it as a signature line?
Happy
China Kate Sunflower wrote in message <9aa7d...@drn.newsguy.com>...
China Kate Sunflower
cannonballs, "Happÿ"'s motto is:
>
>it as a signature line?
Because I have a quote from "The Big Lebowski" as my .sig quote.
K.