So Ya Had A Bad Day...
05/30/08
A man was arrested on Thursday after a bizarre series of events that included him crashing his car, getting shot by a homeowner, breaking a restaurant window and stripping to his underwear. Police said it all started when the man crashed his car into a pole and started banging on the door of a nearby house. After he kicked in a window, homeowner Leroy Bruce shot him. Bruce said the man ran off and left his pants and other clothing behind. The bleeding suspect fled to a McDonald's and threw a rock through the front window. Witness Lisa Fuqua told WMC-TV that the man was easy for police to identify and that he 'had to be on some high-powered something." The suspect, who wasn't identified, was taken to the Regional Medical Center. Police said they'll charge him when he's released. Officers said when they found the man at the restaurant, he had stripped to his shirt and undershorts
Drunk Substitute Teacher!
05/19/08
A substitute teacher suspected of being drunk in a suburban Dallas middle school class was too intoxicated to complete a sobriety test and was arrested, authorities said.
Thomas Brownlee, 56, was in a classroom Tuesday with students and another staff member for about 20 minutes, Richardson school district spokesman Tim Clark said. Another teacher suspected Brownlee was drunk and told a police officer at Parkhill Junior High.
A Dallas police report states that Brownlee "had slurred speech, breath smelling of an alcoholic beverage and bloodshot eyes."
The officer stopped issuing a sobriety test out of concern for Brownlee's safety, according to the report. Brownlee was charged with public intoxication.
A telephone listing for Brownlee was disconnected.
Clark said students were never alone with Brownlee, and that the district had used him as a substitute teacher before without problems.
NYC Cabbie Fined $1,000, Suspended For Cursin
05/16/08
There are about 45,000 cab drivers on the streets of New York City, but it's those rude few that make a very lasting impression.
One driver was recently fined $1,000 and suspended for cursing.
CBS 2 HD has learned the details on what's being done to make sure your next ride is a pleasant one.
Getting a cab ride in Gotham can be interesting to say the least. Just ask its residents.
"I think they drive like maniacs," said Irene Bremis of Greenwich Village.
"More than once I feel like I have almost died because the driver is like, 'Blah, blah, blah …'" Jackson Heights resident Carolyn Kaylor said.
"They come off with a real harsh attitude and you're like let me just get to my location and leave," Canarsie's Jean Pyronneau said.
Some of the more popular passenger gripes include drivers talking on the phone, not speaking English, not knowing their way around, and also giving passengers a hard time when they want to pay by credit card.
The Taxi & Limousine Commission receives about 20,000 complaints per year and 20 percent of them are about driver rudeness.
"It's a negative reflection on our city when drivers, even when they are stressed out, (are) showing that stress in a very concrete way to visitors and tourists, " said TLC Chairman Matthew Daus.
When cabbie Zbigniew Sobczak got into a verbal altercation with another driver and said the "F" word, he was fined a grand and suspended for 30 days, even though neither cabbie had a passenger at the time.
"He curse me. I put a couple of words to him, but … that's it," Sobczak said. "We not beating each other."
Fair or not, the TLC says the punishment sends the message to drivers that they need to mind their manners.
"We need them to bite their tongue, basically represent the image of the city that it is now," Daus said.
CBS 2 HD went along with the TLC's undercover inspectors recently as they looked for violators. They've been taking covert rides since January. If you have had a bad experience or had to put up with a rude driver, go to the TLC Web site or call 311.
The TLC plans to bring administrative charges against the other cab driver."
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