And clearly should be executed. Maybe we can get a hanging scheduled for Brownwood during the Halloween festivities.

seriously, you're not guilty until the jury says you are.

I don't feel that the developer has anything to do with it as it is personal responsibility; however, you may have stumbled onto something as a background check is not a half bad idea. I'm sure that other senior communities do this. When a community grows, other bad elements can come into play. As for the perpetrator, five days in jail and a $2000 fine would certainly cool his heels after causing harm to one of our own and destroying property. You just don't play nice with these type of people.

I am pretty sure, in fact I am absolutely sure that Bogie was kidding.

This man is guilty. I read it in The Daily Sun and have come to that conclusion, Bizdoc. You and I usually agree, so DON'T confuse me.

I wonder if he has a record of violent behavior from whence he came.

I understand your stance and think you are always quite fair, however if he was trained in the impatient driving states, he could go ballistic here in a very short time. Did I tell you about the guy who went around me at a stop sign?

He was a Yankees fan.

road rage
 

What a dreadful little man!!:shocked:

Great detective work Gracie. You need to meet my wife at some point.

As I mentioned your post and detective work to my wife ....as she is making blueberry muffins MMMMMMMMMMM, she said that she should have a PI (private investigative) business with you to weed out the bad element.

He may have moved to Hadley last month from elsewhere in The Villages.

This goes to show.............there is no bubble...anywhere....ever, danger can be anywhere, live freely but with a cautious eye, and accept the fact that even good people can make really bad mistakes if the conditions are such to trigger them. Who knows what events led up to this incident, or what emotional turmoil the persons were experiencing.

It is called the NOSY gene.

It is latent in some women, but not in me.

My daughter calls me Mrs. Kravitz.

We have all become the same animals of the jungle preying upon one another with complete disregard for human life and joyously rejoicing in the bad adventures of others the true villages comes out!

I would tend to agree with what happened to the victims in this incident, but using a baton like that shows some very serious disregard for the safety of the people you use this against. It does not sound like he had any kind of psychotic break from the news report. Psychotic breaks can come from all kinds of reasons but this man was carrying a baton with him and seemed to be looking for trouble.

Maybe couldn't get a "carry" permit and chose the baton instead?

Sorry for not being on point but...This post is a big reason we can't wait to get down there. Very few people we work with have any idea who Mrs Kravitz is. Looking forward to being the "young kid" again. :laugh:

True. Except that I would hope that anyone who has a carry permit would only pull a gun when he/she can justify using lethal force. A blow to the head with a baton could be lethal.

I was looking at the website Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine and as near as I can figure this guy faces up to 30 years and up to a $30,000 fine. Battery on a person 65 and over, the way I read it, is a minimum of 3 years in prison. If found guilty.

probably one of those little sticks the maestro uses for the orchestra. :-)

I would hope his wife doesn't tick him off.

She might get the whip!

Oh dear, where do I start? Okay, first, this guy is dangerous. This incident, almost certainly, won't have been his first meltdown, perhaps not his first run-in with the law. He will suffer for his actions, in ways like his neighbors shunning him, the legal ramifications and expense, potential jail time, the outing of his name, address, and picture.

While there is a big part of me that says 'good', there is another little part that says perhaps a prior poster could be right about the effects of dementia, or some other overwhelming condition he may suffer from. That niggling little part says 'enough already', let's let the system work and reserve judgement until all the facts are known. I say all this because my grandfather, such a good-hearted gentle man all his life, hit a nurse when hospitalized with Alzheimer's. He wouldn't have known himself at that stage. Let's just wait before crucifying him. It's the right thing to do for now, IMHO.

Never a need for this type of action no matter what the other driver did. Anyone with this type of temper should never get out on bail, he needed to spend the night inside if for no other reason than TOO COOL OFF.:spoken:

I think you are right, old moe and even to evaluate if he had other issues.

He could have dementia, the nursing homes are full of people who assault others for no reason b/c of this illness.

I didn't read your post before I just posted almost the same thing re; Dementia and Alzheimer's patients, I know from personal experience working in the hospitals and nursing homes. I've been punched, screamed at, etc. Even my mother when she was a volunteer was punched in the face when giving Communion to a wheelchair bound patient.

Call me skeptical. This is a place with over 100 thousand people who are over the age of 55. I think law enforcement here are pretty familiar with issues of aging.

Very funny. Thanks for the laugh. :1rotfl:

Seriously, GOD only knows what's going on this man's mind. I am sure he regrets losing his cool.

The lesson learned is that he would have be better off waiting a couple of seconds instead of being arrested and going through a time consuming process.

Obliviously, he was dead wrong in his actions.

This story saddens me....as do some of the comments on this thread.

We have a lot of brain injured Vets also coming home from all the wars in the Mideast don't forget.......

[QUOTE=rubicon;768347]I am surprised that people who live in TV are surprised that criminal activity occurs here. I mean some folks may believe they live in a bubble but they may consider that the DOME may be a fun show on TV but is feasible.

About the "BUBBLE"...
When I drove around with The Villages Sales people they almost laughed at me when I asked if the home I was considering had an alarm system!
Then they said, "you don't really need one here, most people don't install them in their homes!......?????
Karron

( I guess I bought the BUBBLE Story...)

Seems to me that a lot of people are commenting about this guy and they don't even know the full story.

I agree!!

No kidding. :ohdear:

crazy, I too am in no hurry. Rather arrive somewhere safe. Maybe the guy in front of him isn't used to the roundabouts. Geez, relax

Well said...

Is there something else we need to know? Some guy was impatient waiting behind someone to pull in the circle and got out of his car and started a fight and broke some one's windshield and punched some woman who was 68.

Could it be he was an alien from Mars and didn't know the traffic rules?

Could it be that he carried a baton because he was a drum major?

It could be that he had impulse control issues, but that isn't a reason to overlook what he did.

What is it that we are missing?

I have known almost a dozen people with dementia in my life and no one hurt anyone. It is possible, but would his family allow him to drive?

It looks pretty much like he was a jerk to me.

If he was 63, then his mother cannot be 68. Also, what burglary took place? I know the charge was said to include burglary, but what was stolen? I don't think the facts were presented correctly or very well in the paper. rewrite!:cus:

The 68 year old woman was the mother of the driver of the car that was attacked. The attacker was 63.

Burglary means illegal entry with intent to commit a felony. Nothing has to be stolen.

Life in danger,

Stand your ground first,
Shoot second.

The French word baton is generally translated into English as stick.

Thus, the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge is translated Red Stick.

Why Red Stick? The European-American history of Baton Rouge dates from 1699, when French explorer Sieur d'Iberville leading an exploration party up the Mississippi River saw a reddish cypress pole festooned with bloody animals that marked the boundary between the Houma and Bayou Goula tribal hunting grounds. They called the pole and its location le bâton rouge, or the red stick.

I love trivia.

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Let's just hope if he's still at home in December that he likes Christmas! It looks to me like he lives one street away from Dunkirk where the "musical Christmas houses" are on display!