Posted on 03/06/2010 10:12:15 PM PST by tlb
LANCASTER-- A man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone in a movie theater, a sheriff's department official said.
The stabbing occurred last Saturday at the Cinemark 22 theater at 2600 West Avenue I in Lancaster, according to Detective Richard Cartmill of the Lancaster sheriff's station.
Deputies say that while the movie was playing, a woman was talking on her phone and the victim asked her to turn it off.
The victim was attacked by the woman's boyfriend and another man. Deputies say he was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer.
The victim was hospitalized and is expected to survive. Two other people who attempted to help the victim were also injured in the altercation.
Sheriff's officials describe the suspects as black males. One man was wearing an orange hat with an orange jacket or jersey. The other man was dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt.
Anyone with information on the attack is asked to contact the Lancaster sheriff's station at (661) 948-8466.
That’s a bizarre item to have in a cinema. But again, a budding chef, like a Boy Scout, must always be prepared!
No guns or knives allowed....but meat thermometers okay....they have a nice SHARP point....BAN all MEAT THERMOMETERS!!!/s
What was the meat thermometer all about. I mean, how many people carry one????
If that fried chicken ain’t cooked at 325 for at least 15 minutes, you can have food poisoning. It’s always advised to carry a meat thermometer because you never know when you’ll be cooking fried chicken.
That's what it's going to escalate to if you try and stab me with one.
I ALWAYS take my meat thermometer with me EVERY where I go. ALWAYS.
I could see a scenario of the couple having just shopped in a kitchen supply store before going to the movie, and the hot tempered lady hauls it out of the bag and smacks it into the phone offender’s neck with the boyfriend’s help.
But overall it’s still — bizarre.
EXACTLY!
Effin' gutless.
the politicians would be on this case soon
It must have been a semi-automatic meat thermometer.
Why wasn’t the offender nabbed? Were bystanders afraid he might have corn cob handles in that bag too?
yes. Gotta make sure that popcorn butter is 160 degrees.
theres road rage. What do you call this? Cinema Rage? Always annoying when ppl continue to talk in their mobile on the phone and ignoring other movie goers
Oh, so that was a meat thermometer in your pocket.
As for the meat thermometer...well, it *is* a metal spike. Not a particularly sharp or strong one, but enough to stab a guy with, as the poor guy in the story found out. I figure that’s why she was carrying it - as a shiv.
Me, I’d look for something a little sturdier, but you know, nobody ever accused most thugs of being smart.
It’s as good a weapon as an ice pick and small enough to carry hidden in a pocket.
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