Posted on 09/19/2002 10:16:50 PM PDT by AStack75
A fairly close friend of mine was one of the three fans arrested that night. He wasn't fighting, although he was shouting and cussing he didn't throw a punch, a couple of defensive blocks though to the cops with billy clubs. Trust me, I know him well and his story has never changed.
His friend was also arrested, but he can't vouch for his friends actions -- too much happened too soon.
The third guy arrested - who WAS involved in the brawl, gave false name and address. They spent a couple hours in the holding tank and that guy was a jerk. He had a friend show up at the station and post cash bail (just a few hundred bucks or so) and skipped out...never to be heard from again.
By the time these two went to court, a (once again) embarassed City of Cleveland was on a witch hunt. The papers called for heads to roll. The judge gave them maximum fine and sentence (suspended jail time a week later after the media cooled down), even though the court acknowledged that he didn't do anything wrong, I believe part of the judges statement quoted "wrong place, wrong time"....
LOL (now!) ole' Schmitty (his nickname) hates when this story is regurgitated from time to time.
Now you know the rest of the story!
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By David Conti
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
An Indiana County man allowed his 14-year-old son to drink so much beer at Sunday night's Steelers game at Heinz Field that the boy had his stomach pumped at a hospital, Pittsburgh police said Tuesday.
Douglas Olszewski, 36, of Indiana, faces a hearing next week on charges of corruption of a minor, endangering the welfare of a child, selling or furnishing alcohol to a minor and disorderly conduct.
"The father was aware that the boy was drinking," police Cmdr. Ed Kelly said yesterday. "How he got the beer we're not sure."
Heinz Field staff members called for city police officers to deal with an intoxicated male during the Steelers game against the Oakland Raiders. When they arrived, they found Olszewski and his son were both drunk, Kelly said.
The father and son were led to the stadium's first-aid station, where city paramedics began treating the boy, whom police declined to identify, for possible alcohol poisoning. At that point, police said, Olszewski became abusive to the paramedics and refused to allow them to take the boy to the hospital.
Police arrested Olszewski for interfering with the paramedics, who then took the boy to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Oakland. Doctors pumped the boy's stomach and released him that night.
Police took Olszewski to the Allegheny County Jail. He faces a hearing Sept. 25 in City Court. Olszewski could not be reached for comment.
David Conti can be reached at dconti@tribweb.com or (412) 441-0976.
Father and son imbibing large quantities of alcohol. Father decides he wants to impress son, decides to act tough. Father starts getting abusive toward KC 1st base coach. Son, impressed, imitates father. An uniterrupted stream of profanity makes its way toward Gamboa.
Gamboa turns and tells them to shut it or calls them cretins.
Son to father; "hey did you hear what he called you daddy? You aint gonna take that from him are ya daddy? Are ya??"
Father has no alternative. He can't back down or he'll lose face in front of his son.
"Hell no. I don't take that from anyone, son!! Let's get the sunuffabitch!!!!"
FReegards...MUD
Why must libertarians always be slandered, my FRiend?! We ain't bad folks.
SHEEEESH and LOL...MUD
The libertarian crowd is starting to grow on me, but generally speaking, slandering a libertarian is like yelling fire in a crowded theater. It serves no real purpose but amuses the onlookers....
Actually, the word on the street is that they are recent converts to the Wahabi sect of Islam, and they were attempting to destroy our National Pastime....
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