Escort 'Enforcer' Allegedly Stabs Orange County Homeowner

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[Rodney King]

Escort 'Enforcer' Allegedly Stabs Orange County Homeowner Victim Reportedly Fighting About Payment Before Attack

POSTED: 5:06 a.m. EDT August 29, 2003 UPDATED: 9:59 a.m. EDT August 29, 2003

A man working for a Florida escort service allegedly stabbed an Orange County, Fla., homeowner during a fight over money, according to Local 6 News.

Investigators said that Juan Lopez reportedly hired a woman from a Tampa, Fla. escort service to visit his home on Sugar Bush Court Thursday night. When the woman arrived at about 9:20 p.m., the two began arguing about payment, according to a report.

Authorities believe the woman may have paged her "manager" during the fight. A man known as an "enforcer" burst into the home and stabbed Lopez in the neck.

The "enforcer" reportedly stabbed the 28-year-old homeowner twice and left the scene.

"He's (enforcer) the one that makes sure that payment is made and that the girls are taken care of and there's no harm being presented to them," Orange County Sheriff's Capt. Ken Wilson said.

Lopez was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center in serious condition Friday morning at 4 a.m.

The "enforcer" was described as Hispanic, 5-foot-9 and weighing about 170 pounds. The woman was also described as Hispanic with bright orange hair. Both are still missing.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

[Rodney King]

Not sure whose side to be on here.

[cmsgop]

hehe!

[theDentist]

No side to be on. She's a hooker, he's a paid thug, and the John's a cheap dullard with no regard to his personal safety or that of any other women he's intimate with.

[haywoodwebb]

Escort 'Enforcer???

Don't they mean "PIMP?"

[atomic conspiracy]

This is the kind of thing our moms warned us about. Today, at age 54, I have reached a conclusion that would have shocked my younger self: Mom is always right, or might as well be. Mine is 80 now, btw, and I feel very fortunate that she is still with us. My wife's mother, on the other hand.....

[Rodney King]

Yes, good point.

[Rodney King]

I think the enforcer works for the pimp.

[Ole Okie]

Don't they mean "PIMP?"

How very insensitive of you.

Calling him a pimp might degrade his self-esteem.

But you're probably right; in the olden days, before PC, he would very much be a pimp wearing a zoot suit.

[ambrose]

This is like a scene out of an Elmore Leonard novel.

[Britton J Wingfield]

I think you are correct.

[RippleFire]

The woman was also described as Hispanic with bright orange hair.

That's appealing. Must be good during deer season.

[Rebelbase]

"My wife's mother, on the other hand....."

My sympathy.

[Calvin Locke]

Or a "Seinfeld" epi.

[Dead Dog]

I think the enforcer works for the pimp.

Damn outsourcing.

[Caipirabob]

Relieved to report that any opinion on my part would be based on pure speculation.

[ErnBatavia]

The locale, Sugar Bush Court, just adds to the panache...

[Oorang]

to visit his home on Sugar Bush Court Thursday night.

Sugar Bush Court? You just can't this stuff up.

[Oorang]

Should say: You just can't MAKE this stuff up.
Sorry

[nkycincinnatikid]

Just go down Beaver till you come to the Y, Bingo.

[atomic conspiracy]

"My sympathy."

Actually, I guess that the old bat dear lady isn't that bad nowadays. 30 years ago, she was a classic matron of the small town gentry, and excrutiatingly status-concious. She couldn't believe that her belle of a daughter* was going to marry "a crazy Scotchman" (actually a crazy Englishman) who was also a common soldier to boot. Providing her with 3 wonderful grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren (so far) seems to have mellowed her quite a bit.

* who really was the greatest prize in Christendom