Only in Florida 8/15/2013

     If you wish to see someone get angry very quickly, find a person who is in a rush and force them to wait in a line. There is almost nothing that can raise tempers faster. Recently, two Florida people learned the hard way that sometimes it is better to just patiently wait your turn.

     On the morning of August 7th, Mohammad Abukhder  was sitting in his car in the drive-thru of a Riverview, FL McDonalds. While he was waiting, Rebecca Simmons, of Tampa, forced her way into the line in front of Abukhder. Rightfully angry, Abukhder fumed behind his wheel until he couldn't take any more, and that is where things all went down hill.

     Abukhder started to yell and curse out of his window at Simmons. Simmons, who apparently wasn't in the mood to take the dressing down she so rightly deserved, got out of her car, pulled out a knife, and proceeded to stab through the hood of Abukhder's car.

     It is here that Abukhder made his second mistake. To keep Simmons from fleeing the scene, Abukhder stepped out of his car, approached Simmons's car, and tried to take the keys out of her ignition. Simmons wasn't too far behind Abukhder. And when Simmons saw what he was trying to do, she took the same knife she had just used to stab through Abukhder's hood, and stabbed him in the right buttock. Fortunately for Abukhder his wound didn't require medical attention.

     Simmons was arrested and was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief with property damage.


Other news in brief:

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Woman arrested after threatening to 'blow up' Gulf Power - Ah terrorism, there is a bill negotiating tactic I never would have thought of.

Brotherly love

Deputies: Mac and cheese spat leaves brother with stab wound

Randy Zipperer

By Patricio G. Balona
STAFF WRITER

A fight during a search for missing macaroni and cheese left one Deltona sibling with a stab wound to the stomach, Volusia deputies said.

The two brothers, Edward Zipperer, 47, and Randy Zipperer, 49, got into an argument after the younger brother spilled a beer belonging to Randy Zipperer while looking for missing mac and cheese, investigating deputies said.

The incident occurred at a Danforth Avenue home Tuesday at 10:12 p.m., deputies said.

Deputies were called to the home where they found Randy Zipperer standing in the front yard. He immediately started apologizing to deputies saying everything was an accident and that he did not mean to hurt his brother, an arrest report shows...

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