Man Accused Of Attacking Daughter With Pizza

WFTV 9 ^ | 15 AUG 2009

[greatdefender]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A man was arrested and charged with attacking his own daughter with a piece of pizza. Deputies say the 38-year-old father got into an argument with his daughter in Gainesville Friday. The man had asked his daughter to get off her computer. When she would not, he began verbally attacking her, according to deputies.

The daughter called 911 when her father threw a piece of pizza that hit her in the back of the neck. The suspect was arrested and charged with felony child abuse. Deputies are not releasing the girl's age or the names of either person involved.

[greatdefender]

Ban pizza now!!

[Drango]

Waste of good pizza.

[Drango]

Waste of good pizza.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

They’ll just switch to calzones.......

[Morgana]

Bill Cosby spoke of how his mom could hit him with a shoe when he was messing up. She wielded it like a boomerang. She was never arrested.

[stylin19a]

then only the criminals will have pizza.

[Morgana]

Naw....spaghetti is more fun!

[FlingWingFlyer]

If it had those little minnows on it, I don’t blame him for throwing it at her. Having said that, you’ve got to be careful with those sharp edges on a piece of pizza.

[eyedigress]

It’s come a long way since a belt was thrown at my ass.

[greatdefender]

...spaghetti is more fun!

Breaking News: Girl suffers a mild concussion from incoming meatball

[airborne]

As soon as dad is out of jail, he should stop paying for her Internet, cell phone and any other luxury items she most likely takes for granted.

[TaxPayer2000]

What’s the world coming to when you can’t throw a pizza at your children?

[Blackhawk]

Silly (read stupid) father. Daughter won’t get off computer? Yank computer power cord and cut into 6 inch segments using kitchen shears. Problem solved with no yelling, no harsh words and no point to further argument.

[Husker24]

Take this one to a jury, Felony my ass. Backdoor gun control, make everyone a Felon.

[digger48]

“When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza pie,

That’s amore”

[MAexile]

then only the criminals will have pizza.

Obviously we need a 10 day waiting period before the purchase of any pizza.

[Pearls Before Swine]

This sounds more like a food fight than felony child abuse.

[A.Hun]

This is so wrong on so many levels!...

That the daughter would consider getting hit with a piece of pizza an assault.

That she would call 911 over it.

That 911 would respond.

That police would consider getting hit with a piece of pizza an assault.

That police would arrest this guy.

That police would charge him with felony child abuse.

Our society is no longer going to hell...it has arrived.

[outhousepatrol]

Frozen Pizza COULD be lethal. Below that temp, not so much.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Will need much more info to make a clear determination. Deep dish or thin crust? Hand tossed (I mean prior to the incident of course) or pre-fab? Delivery or DiGiorno’s? Meat Lover or Supreme? Chicago or New York?

[greatdefender]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtmsIq0-T54

[Venturer]

Your Post is 100% correct. This is so wrong.

What ever happened to common sense.?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

On Top of Spaghetti!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JytbHDRG0U

[dorothy]

As soon as dad is out of jail, he should stop paying for her Internet,...

Unless the girl is nearing 18, if dad is convicted, about all he'll see of his daughter will be supervised visits. 'Course of her mother takes a dim view of her actions and does something equally criminal (i.e., flicks her with a towel or such), the girl may end up filing complaints about her new foster folks.

[Lawgvr1955]

I'd of calmly eaten the pizza and thrown the computer in the garbage can.

Felony child abuse for throwing a piece of pizza ????

Our society has passed Rome in its Rise and Fall.

[12Gauge687]

You were lucky; my parents, in keeping with their Asian heritage, used bamboo whips (thin cuttings from bamboo stalks) and hot water. Generally, all it took was one “treatment” and I was on the straight and narrow for a long time.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

No pizza sold at public venues ( fairgrounds, ballparks,etc) as this is too reminiscent of gun sales at gun shows. I mean, just ANYONE could purchase a pizza and the threat to our society is just too great!

Next thing you know we will have pizza gangs!

[SantosLHalper]

My mom threw an opened can of beans at me once when I was a kid(17) because I deserved it, no cops called, no arrest, no DSS.

Just a family spat and that was that.

[eyedigress]

I was lucky. My dad would put a belt to me if I was 5 minutes late for supper or getting in trouble at school. My dad would also teach me the ways of the world. He provided a world of fun with boating, wildlife, travel, and history. Disrespect of elders was not a part of my childhood.

[annieokie]

you said it. Children are in control of this world it seems, from the President on down. God help us.

[shadowcat]

I would relish the belt after a couple love taps with a stainless spatula.. My Mom knew how to swing it and she was cutting air the whole time.

The "THING" could "SING" before it connected, you knew it was on it's way!!!!

[eyedigress]

Mom’s big spatula hurt but Dad’s dis-approval and belt hurt worse. (I am a young man after all)!

[Monterrosa-24]

You’re right of course. At least this daddy TRIED to get his daughter off the computer and keep her from becoming a complete screen veggie. Lots of parents are just happy to keep the kids occupied “safely at home”. It is terrible how many hours many kids log per day online.

After a couple more hours I’m getting off this thing.

[Lmo56]

Whats the charge - AWDS (Assault With Deadly Slice) ???

[Viking2002]

'Bill Cosby spoke of how his mom could hit him with a shoe when he was messing up. She wielded it like a boomerang. She was never arrested.'

*AHEM* Actually, that was Eddie Murphy, and when she cocked it, it sounded like a Winchester '92.

[achilles2000]

Just more evidence of the encroachment of the leviathan, totalitarian state.

[RckyRaCoCo]

don't throw the pizza

[HereInTheHeartland]

“her father threw a piece of pizza that hit her in the back of the neck. The suspect was arrested and charged with felony child abuse. Deputies are not releasing”

The deputies need an ass kicking for this nonsense.

It sounds like this county has some people to cut from their expense line if they have the time to harass a father punishing a defiant kid.

[Dov in Houston]

That was a pretty cheesy thing to do

[Julia H.]

Guns don’t kill people. Pizzas kill people.

[Zeppo]

What, no "comfy chair" close at hand to threaten her with?

Yes, I did end that sentence with a preposition. Get over it.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The politics of Gainesville and Alachua County are dominated by the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Florida. I’m in the next county and some of our legislative and Congressional districts are infiltrated by these cretins.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[Slings and Arrows]

Ban pit pizzas!

[shibumi]

At least he wasn't a banana fiend armed with a point-ed stick.

[DemforBush]

I guess this is what they mean by “hand tossed” pizza?

*rim shot*

[Salamander]

[check your FReepmail!]

[Salamander]

Or had a European sparrow, laden with coconuts.

[Slings and Arrows]

Why won't the eeeeevil GOP support common-sense pizza control legislation?

[metmom]

Change the locks the day she turns 18.