Man Pours Hot Cup Of Coffee On Toddler's Head

[matcom]

<snip>

NORTH ANDOVER -- An idyllic day of apple picking and hayrides at Smolak Farm turned sour yesterday for the family of a young girl after a 62-year-old man allegedly poured a cup of coffee on her head.

William F. Tracy of Andover was arrested at the scene just after midday on five counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, said North Andover Police Sergeant Fred Soucy. Tracy was scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow in Lawrence District Court and was released on personal recognizance, Soucy said.

Witnesses said Tracy became outraged after the girl accidentally sprayed him with soda when she opened a can. He then doused the child with coffee, they said.

Police refused to identify the child, but witnesses said she appeared to be about 3 or 4 years old. Farm owner Michael Smolak, 52, said she was accompanied by her mother, father, and grandmother in a section of picnic tables when she sprayed Tracy, who was seated at a table next to hers.

A farm employee, Stephanie Bullis, 18, of North Andover, said she witnessed the aftermath of the incident from a cash register outside the farmstand.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/10/11/man_62_accused_of_dousing_a_child/

[Lavender Brown]

1. Aren't grownups wonderful

What a jerk. I hope she'll be OK.

[Infomaniac]

2. Hard to tell here

It's hard to tell here who was the actual child. The 3 or 4 year old who fizzed some pop or the 62 year old with the coffee. It makes you wonder if the guy does something like this out in public, what would he do behind closed doors? Betcha this guy's got a domestic violence arrest record as long as my arm.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

4. Absolutely

Bet his kids could tell a million stories about getting knocked across the room for spilling some milk at dinner time.

Bet he's a "family values Repuke" too.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Yes, all the markings of a republican in that guy

What kind of asshole pours hot coffee on a small child?

A republican. And more than likely, a Good God-Fearing Christian Republican.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

6. Probably a big Ezzo fan

Got to teach that evil little 3-year-old a lesson, or she'll grow up to be a liberal.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Ezzo?

Not familiar with that term/person/whatever. What is it/him/her?

And of course, when the parents try to sue the asshole to recoup their medical costs and whatnot he'll be crying to Rush over the phone, sobbing for tort reform. Oh, boo hoo fucking the fuck hoo. And when he finishes his call with Limpdick, he'll pick the phone back up to call his lawyer to sue WalMart for the shopping cart that rolled into his car and scratched the paint - the shopping cart he was using, in fact, and refused to put back into the cart rack.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

12. A fundie parenting expert

The sort who recommends spanking an infant because your average 4-month-old is just plotting how to "manipulate" its parents. Here are a couple sources:

http://www.ezzo.info/index.htm

http://www.guerrillagrrls.com/editor.html

http://www.midwestoutreach.org/02-Information/02-OnlineReference/04-Etc/01-TheJournal/Volume8/No2-AdventureInEzzoland.html

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. Holy crow! Those are some scary people. And when Dobson thinks something

is too exreme, then one should stand up and listen.

:wow:

Dangerous bastards, those Ezzos.

[BlueJazz]

3. Well...It's about time somebody did something about......

...this problem. Just the other day I was attacked by a gang of 3 year olds, armed with several "heavily shaken" cans of soda.
I managed to escape but I shutter to think what could have happened... Brrrr!

[Biased Liberal Media]

7. If someone did this to my child

(who is 4 yo) I swear...I would press charges. I don't resort to violence but if someone used violence against my child- it wouldn't be pretty.

[midnight armadillo]

9. If someone did this to MY child

I'd also press charges, but only after giving the fucker the thrashing of his life.

[Taverner]

13. If someone did this to MY child

They better hope someone called the police...soon...

[miss_kitty]

14. You wouldn't have to press charges

the state will do that. You however could sue him for everything he owns, as a follow-up to prosecution. :)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. Father's fist meet asshole's face

repeatedly

[jdots]

11. a fitting punishment.......

being soaked down with 70 gallons of boiling flat mountain dew.

[arwalden]

15. He's A Fundie Compassionate Conservative, No Doubt.

[ChoralScholar]

17. wow... where was THIS guy

when I needed an ass to kick this weekend?!?