Screaming Baby In Restuarant Leads to 5 Arrests

[REP]

The incident started shortly before 3:30 p.m. in the crowded, buffet-style restaurant near Alexis Road and Lewis Avenue. Sgt. Lee Kikolski said it appeared that two women in the restaurant had words over a child, which ignited the fight.

The sergeant said witnesses told him Christine Lewandowski, 56, repeatedly asked Sylvia Harris, 24, of Toledo to quiet her 1-year-old child, who was sitting in a high chair and screaming.

When the infant continued to scream, Ms. Lewandowski shouted at the baby to “shut up,” Sergeant Kikolski said.

That’s when Ms. Harris lunged at Ms. Lewandowski and began punching the woman, the sergeant said.

Other people joined in the fight, which lasted “maybe 10 minutes,” Sergeant Kikolski said.

“It was a big exchange,” Sergeant Kikolski. “It seemed like everyone wanted to get their licks in, or it could have possibly been they were trying to break up the fight.”

Chairs and tables were thrown as the fight participants quickly grew out of control and restaurant managers called police.

About 10 Toledo Police units responded to the melee with an estimated 15 people involved inside the restaurant. Five people were arrested and six people were hurt, including four who were taken to hospitals for minor injuries.

According to the Lucas County jail, Ms. Harris was arrested for assault, rioting, and inducing panic, all misdemeanors. She was booked and released at the jail yesterday.

Also booked and released in connection with the brawl were Stephen Robinson, 21; Christy Robb, 37; Henry Vernon, 45; and Jason Korb, 36, all of Toledo, for misdemeanor assault and rioting.

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/NEWS03/70514002

[DS1]

1. If only the baby was armed

this would've never happened :cry:

[HughBeaumont]

7. This guy's preparing his progeny for boisterous restaurant patrons!

[DS1]

11. I will scream at school, at the mall, in the movie theater - Persecute me at your own peril

[HughBeaumont]

19. I've SEEN those T-Shirts!

And I gotta ask these people - would Christians be as tolerant of say a Buddhist or a Falun Gong if they were meditating in public?

[DS1]

21. Ask them about Jesus telling them to pray in private

;-)

[blondeatlast]

49. Christ didn't approve of that practice and took up a sizable chunk of his homey, Matthew's,

contribution in the Bible for a rant against it.

[BikeWriter]

31. IBTL

[BikeWriter]

32. IBTL

[BikeWriter]

33. IBTL

[BikeWriter]

34. IBTL

[LynneSin]

36. Awwww the baby was born without arms - how sad

:cry:

[nini]

38. Armed with a taser gun!!

That would be perfect!






























btw: good to see you :hi:
:bounce:

[Madspirit]

44. That's HILARIOUS!!...n/t

[HughBeaumont]

2. Chairs and tables were thrown. Around an infant.

Classic.

I mean, I hate the sound of crying babies as much as the next cursed-at-every-restaurant guy, but that's just too big a pile of stupid.

[REP]

5. It Was The Baby's Mother Who Started Throwing Punches

So yeah. Big pile of stupid.

[HughBeaumont]

12. Mother of the Year.

It's like no one was thinking during this entire sorry instance.

[Writer]

23. "Bend to the will of The Child, female heathen!" she cried.

"No!" the older woman said. "For my chicken fried steak must be eaten in peace."

The younger woman felt the prickle of insolence creep up her spine. The Child was the Future. Earth's Bounty. The Next Horizon, and at the Golden Corral every bird and beast, even the mashed potatoes and plastic flowers, must pay deference to the small creature. The Child, hungry for a nipple. His diapers soiled with royal poo. She must fight for him, and with a sturdy leap she lunged for the neck of the older woman, her fists cutting through the air until they landed on the woman's torso.

And then the Great Battle began. The battle for The Child. For the sweet melody of its screaming voice. For its poo and its sucking lips.

The Earth quieted beneath the great awe of this day.

:popcorn:

[Darth_Kitten]

24. that's very eloquent.........

:)

[Writer]

27. Thank you.

:)

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. "...too big a pile of stupid."

:spray: :rofl: You hit the nail on the head! :hi: :D

[TrogL]

3. Who's taking care of the baby?

Anybody screams at my baby I'd punch them out too.

Why wasn't Lewandowski arrested?

[Shakespeare]

6. Uh, because she was the victim of Harris' assault?

:shrug:

[REP]

9. Telling a Screaming Infant to Shut Up Isn't a Crime

Punching someone for telling a screaming infant to shut up is.

[Shell Beau]

43. It's a little harsh to tell a 1 year old to shut up, but the other woman

appears to be just as stupid.

[Darth_Kitten]

25. It's no crime to yell at a screaming baby......

the mother of it is trash.

[jobycom]

59. It sure as hell could be.

Depending on how close she got, what she yelled, and whether she yelled anything specific about hurting the child.

What kind of person screams at a one year old child? She should be in therapy, after she's released from lock-up.

[Shakespeare]

4. So why wasn't the toddler charged with disturbing the peace?

:popcorn:

[REP]

10. It Wasn't Smoking

I forgot the :popcorn: in the OP.

[DS1]

13. Too busy breastfeeding

[REP]

16. Naw - Probably Just Screaming for "Titty! Titty! Titty!"

Iddn't dat pweshush?

[Darth_Kitten]

26. Maybe too busy yakking on the cell phone to the baby's......

daddy. ;) ????

[blondeatlast]

52. Beat me to it. nt

[TommyO]

14. But did the baby or the mother have cornflake chicken?

[matcom]

15. YES YES YES!

:applause:

[REP]

17. I Cannot Believe I Beat You To This

Yes, I am so fucking proud of myself!

[HughBeaumont]

20. This place probably has NO security cameras.

Just my rotten luck.

:evilgrin:

[madinmaryland]

18. Oh Boy!!1!! Here we go!!1!!

:popcorn:

[Twillig]

22. If they had gone to the Olive Garden

none of this would have happened.


(EDIT: Aw crap. The mom bit (in the unedited version)came from a freakin' bystander. Not the perps. Sorry. all traces have been eliminated of that screw-up!)

[Sequoia]

28. Stop picking on the Olive Garden!

[Darth_Kitten]

29. Yes, the Olive Garden Patrol would have stepped in but quick.......

:)

[smitty]

30. Letting a baby scream endlessly in a restaurant is more than

annoying. It's beyond rude, it's grounds for the management kicking the parents (and baby)out if they refuse to quiet the child.

[Fleshdancer]

35. Damn Northerners.

We Texans may have are problems, but we know how to be on our best behavior while stuffing ourselves at a buffet (excluding the unfortunate accident that happened at Luby's in Killeen, TX of course).

:D

Well we have screaming babies, references in the thread to Olive Garden and breast feeding so I might as well throw the regional thing in there to.

Seriously though, what are the odds that this would actually happen on Mother's Day??

[nini]

37. Oh ,where to start....?

Lewandowski - if she yelled at my grandson I would have wanted to beat the shit out of her, though I wouldn't have - I'd get her back some other way :evilgrin: But then I would have left the place if he was that out of control. She had no right to yell at the child and should have gone to the mgmt.

Harris - control your kid and yourself.


the restaurant mgmt - HELLO????? where were they? But considering it was a place called 'Golden Corral' I doubt they treat the customers like cattle anyway.

[lizziegrace]

39. Hey girl!!

:hug:

[nini]

42. Haven't seen you lately

have you been busy? :evilgrin:



well, I haven't been here much either but I have to ask!

:hug:

[LeftyMom]

40. Hey Mom, here's how to handle this next time. TAKE THE SCREAMING KID OUTSIDE

and show him how to let the air out of the bitchy woman's tires. :P

[Hardrada]

47. And you can bet it's a Hummer too!

Or SOME kind of SUV.

[Deja Q]

41. Maybe the baby wanted to be fed too?

Make love, not war. Though with that slant, the men couldn't have been involved...

[Arugula Latte]

45. I wonder if the mother called Lewandowski a DOUCHEBAG before she cold-cocked her?

:shrug:

[BikeWriter]

46. Was Rabrrrrrr arrested, too?

[JitterbugPerfume]

48. when I go out to eat

I do NOT go to watch other peoples kids be obnoxious . If a child is to young or to spoiled to behave , get a damn baby sitter

Both of these women were rude and crude

[Rabrrrrrr]

50. Wow - the baby's mother only got misdemeanors. Fuck that - give he a week in jail,

and let her think about how to be a human being.

I'm sure it won't do any good, but for fuck's sake, that woman's a fucking psychotic shitbag.

[JVS]

51. The GD thread on this topic is way more fun

[blondeatlast]

53. Indeed it is! nt

[Missy Vixen]

54. Then again, they haven't brought up the fact that

they were probably on their way home from a FUNERAL!

Their house may have BURNED TO THE GROUND!

They're probably POOR!

This is the reason WHY WE LOSE!

:rofl:

Julie

[Zomby Woof]

55. Maybe they had VOUCHERS

From the Red Cross! YOU DON'T KNOW!!!11 :cry:




:P


Anyone have a link to the GD thread? I can't find it. :dunce:

[GoneOffShore]

56. When I worked in restaurants

No one, but NO ONE wanted to work on Mother's Day. The other top days for calling in sick were New Year's and Valentines.
And Saturday's were known as Amateur Night.

These are the days that try men's soles (and souls).

[TOhioLiberal]

57. Geez...

...What a bunch of wankers. :eyes:

BTW: The 'T' in my name does not, as I so often tell people, stand for 'Toledo'. I'm too embarrassed to be from there. Henceforth, I shall be from Tiffin. Or Tontoganny. Anywhere but here. :blush:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

58. I've said it time after time after time.

All children must be BANNED from restaurants. If ya can't find a sitter then stay HOME.

The same goes double for movie theaters.