Posted on 09/29/2014 8:42:07 PM PDT by Moonman62
Larry Harcar was swaggering down his street last week in full "Pirates of the Caribbean" regalia: Bearded, in black and with a toy gun and sword. It's what he likes doing this time of year for entertainment, he told authorities.
The fun ended when Harcar, 49, found himself face down on the ground with two loaded pistols pointed at his head. The guns were in the hands of two startled neighbors from three doors away, the Broward Sheriff's Office said, who were fearful of the "pirate's" appearance.
The costume drama began Wednesday afternoon, when Harcar was spotted by Ahmed Othman, 24, and Muhamad Ahmad, 22, who were home at Sheridan Lake Club apartments in the 300 block of East Sheridan Street in Dania Beach.
Harcar's outfit "scared" Othman, Sheriff's Detective Stephanie Newton said in a report.
"They felt the man was acting peculiar," Othman's lawyer, Lawrence Hashish, said Monday. "The man had a gun and a sword, and they didn't know they were toys."
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
I missed that. thx
These ‘Rabs thought he was a real pirate? So they hired a lawyer named Hashish? C’mon.
See ?
We're armed and we're not afraid to pull 'em out in public.
We should be very vigilant and quick to deliver justice.
Arrest and imprison the assailants for assault with a deadly weapon.
End of story.
OK, this was in Broward, the other side of FL.
I can tell you in Tampa Bay, MY side of FL, there is so much pirate stuff right now this does not sound strange at all. Our football team is the Bucs, and with the games going on right now every other store display has been pirates everywhere. Plus Halloween and coming and pirates are big here. Then Feb comes and we have a huge pirate celebration and parade called Gasparilla.
Maybe in another state area people would say, hmmm....oh. Not here. These guys are obviously out of the area and have hair triggers. IMHO the guy who did the dressing did something to set off their “gaydar”. But you can’t chase someone down and put a gun against their head for that. Maybe in Iran, but not here.
http://gasparillapiratefest.com/video.shtml
Barbary Pirates maybe? Protecting their booty?
ROFLMAO! Great post in a great thread.
The video at the site is useless!!!
Say WHUT?!?!?!?!
Lawrence HASHISH? Seriously?
From the article:
Othman and Ahmad were each charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, battery and false imprisonment. They were released from a Broward County Jail on Thursday on $8,500 bond each.
Just trying to eliminate the competition.
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