Only in Florida 7/16/2013

     America is a fast food nation. Even if you go to the absolute middle of nowhere, you are only 115 miles away from a McDonald's. While having a relatively cheap and abundant place to eat has both it pluses and minuses, one of those definitely in the minus column is that you are not guaranteed that the food will be great every time.Fast food has that name for a reason, and sometimes quality is forced to the wayside for quantity. When this happens, there is little that can be done, especially if you have left the restaurant. One of the things you can't do, however, is to stage a one person sit-in in the drive through demanding free food to make up for it.

     Thirty-four year old Kimberly Womack learned this lesson the hard way last week after she had a few too many and drove up to the drive thorough of a New Port Richey, Florida McDonald's at 6 o'clock in the morning. When she arrived, Womack demanded two free BigMacs, because she was unsatisfied with the ones she got when she was there previously. When the employees told her that they couldn't do that because they were only serving breakfast, Womack demanded that they give her two free Egg McMuffins instead.

     Told to leave, Womack decided to stand, or rather sit, her ground. Police arrived, and Womack told the officers that her rights were being violated because the restaurant wouldn't give her a free breakfast. While the officers were talking to her, she allegedly told them she thought it was only 4 A.M. and she had taken a Klonopin. The officers could smell alcohol on her, and when she failed a field sobriety test, Womack was arrested for DUI. She had a BAC of .108. No word was given on when she finally got something to eat.


Other news in brief:

We have a trio of bad parent stories:

Former Florida Gators linebacker Monty Grow arrested for leaving 3-year-old in car while at strip club

South Florida Sisters Gambled in Casino While Kids Sat in Running Car: Authorities

Florida Woman Leaves Kids In Car While She Attended Lil Wayne Concert

This is wrong on so many levels. Several children die every year here in Florida because they are left in cars in the summer heat. According to Florida law, you can leave children under six unattended in car for up to 15 minutes. However, you should never do this if it would place the child in danger or at risk, such as in full sun in the middle of summer with the windows rolled up. Leaving them in the car to run into a convenience store for a minute is ok, but depending on the weather, you better be quick about it. Also, if your child accidentally gets locked in the car, call the nearest police department. They will come, free of charge, and unlock the door for you.

Anyway, on a more humorous note:

Report: Woman being released pokes cop in eye - So close, yet so far

Lady Lake police: Couple steals steaks, speeds off in dirty golf cart - I have heard of lots of different getaway vehicles, but this is the first time I've ever heard of a dirty golf cart being used.

FORE!

Motorist beaten by golfer in Ponce Inlet after wayward shot hits truck, police say

By Lyda Longa
STAFF WRITER

Published: Monday, June 24, 2013 at 9:26 a.m.

A 63-year-old Ponce Inlet man driving by a golf course was pummeled by a golfer after the motorist complained about a golf ball hitting his truck, police said.

Police are looking for help from the public to identify the golfer, said Lt. Max Binz.

Meanwhile, motorist Richard Fillingame was at Halifax Health Medical Center in the intensive care unit waiting for facial surgery, he said Monday. He knows he was hit, but could not remember the details of the incident.

"I don't know if I have any broken bones, I guess the doctor will tell me that this afternoon," Fillingame said from his hospital room in a telephone interview.

Binz said Fillingame's injuries were serious, however, and the police report indicates that officers were looking for a golf club on the fairway. An employee at Harbour Village Golf and Yacht Club said the course is not open to the public, only to residents and their guests.

"The victim was seriously injured, and we had a few witnesses, but we don't know who the golfer is," Binz said Monday morning. "He may have been with a woman."

The incident occurred Saturday between 4:45 and 5 p.m. at the Harbour Village Links Golf Course, a report shows. Fillingame was driving along the 4500 block of South Atlantic Avenue when a golf ball hit his truck, Binz said.

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