Reason #38 to crack down on Immigration.
3 Arrested at Mass. Baby Shower Brawl
By Associated Press
Published April 5, 2006, 3:26 PM CDT
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- An argument at a baby shower escalated into a brawl in which one man was shot and the pregnant guest of honor was beaten with a stick, police said.
Three people were arrested after the fight, described by police as a "baby shower gone bad."
Authorities said the shooting victim, Aristotle Garcia, got into a fight with a man who is dating his ex-girlfriend. The argument, over whether the woman let their 5-year-old daughter drink beer, escalated and drew in two other people -- Jazz Rivas and Juan Velazquez, said Police Lt. Cheryl C. Claprood.
When the baby shower's hostess tried to intervene, Rivas began hitting some of the guests, including the 22-year-old mother-to-be, with a large stick, she said.
Velazquez fired a gun in the air, then fired it into the crowd, hitting Garcia in the stomach, according to police. Garcia, 26, was in stable condition at Baystate Medical Center. The mother-to-be, who was seven months pregnant, was treated after the incident Saturday and released.
Velazquez, 19, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed assault with intent to murder. He pleaded innocent Wednesday and was ordered held on $100,000 bail.
The man Garcia was initially fighting with, Antonio Santiago, 25, pleaded innocent to similar charges Tuesday and was ordered held on $50,000 bail.
Rivas, 22, pleaded innocent to three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery on a pregnant female. His bail was set at $10,000.
Three people were arrested after the fight, described by police as a "baby shower gone bad."
Authorities said the shooting victim, Aristotle Garcia, got into a fight with a man who is dating his ex-girlfriend. The argument, over whether the woman let their 5-year-old daughter drink beer, escalated and drew in two other people -- Jazz Rivas and Juan Velazquez, said Police Lt. Cheryl C. Claprood.
When the baby shower's hostess tried to intervene, Rivas began hitting some of the guests, including the 22-year-old mother-to-be, with a large stick, she said.
Velazquez fired a gun in the air, then fired it into the crowd, hitting Garcia in the stomach, according to police. Garcia, 26, was in stable condition at Baystate Medical Center. The mother-to-be, who was seven months pregnant, was treated after the incident Saturday and released.
Velazquez, 19, was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, armed assault with intent to murder. He pleaded innocent Wednesday and was ordered held on $100,000 bail.
The man Garcia was initially fighting with, Antonio Santiago, 25, pleaded innocent to similar charges Tuesday and was ordered held on $50,000 bail.
Rivas, 22, pleaded innocent to three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery on a pregnant female. His bail was set at $10,000.
Huh. I missed the part in the article where it said they were immigrants.
Oh, wait, I get it! They have latin surnames! Silly me... I know natural born citizens always have names like "Britton Smythington" and they *never* act like jackasses... oh, no, never.
Posted by: Dave! | Thursday, April 06, 2006 at 06:41 PM
Just a little immigration humor there Preacher. I have nothing against hispanics. I mean, I can't thank them enough for sweeping up and cleaning my office...
Ba-dum-tsssssss!
Posted by: J.D. Crane | Thursday, April 06, 2006 at 07:59 PM
Don't see too many white people hanging out in Pilsen. Oh yeah, that's right. Democrats only like the poor and immigrants when they are not in their neighborhoods.
Posted by: Jurisconsultus | Thursday, April 06, 2006 at 10:22 PM
Thats deep JC, you know, coming from a guy who grew up in an area that would make a kkk rally look like the million man march.
Posted by: Hunc T. Caveto | Thursday, April 06, 2006 at 11:26 PM
See, now your _comment_ was funny. Your post was just stupid and racist. Put a *little* effort into it at least...
Posted by: Dave! | Friday, April 07, 2006 at 07:54 AM
Really? Despite all the fascinating postings? Despite the revelation of my intent?
Posted by: J.D. Crane | Friday, April 07, 2006 at 11:10 AM
There will no talk of political correctness here, so long as we offend everyone equally.
Here is my tally for this thread:
Democrats = 1
Hispanics = 1
Poor = 1
Caucasians = 0.25 (You could have done better Hunc.)
We still need a "Jew" joke (+1 if you combine Jew & lawyer jokes), an implication that all Arabs are terrorists, a shot at Republicans (does not count if it involves Bush, that is too easy), an ethnic slur, and some quote from the "Dave Chappelle’s Show."
Dave Chappelle, he is one funny #$%&*$^ (I am white, thus, I cannot legally use that term)
African Americans = 1
White People = 0.5
Posted by: Prophet | Friday, April 07, 2006 at 11:15 AM
Okay, how about this one:
Republicans only like the poor and immigrants when they are hiring maids, gardeners or nannys.
What, demographically speaking, is the difference between "while people" and "Caucasians"? I've never seen them separated like that...
Posted by: Dave! | Friday, April 07, 2006 at 12:14 PM
I guess that was my poor attempt to attack Caucasians, and thus the move in my tally from 0.25 to 0.5.
Okay let me steal a joke to satisfy the "Caucasians"
Most people don't realize it, but during the days of our Founding Fathers, America had an immigration problem. The problem was large it even had a name. Yup, the Native Americans (or Indians) call it "white people."
Caucasians = 1
Republicans = 0.85 (Because you forgot to include "mistresses")
Posted by: Prophet | Friday, April 07, 2006 at 12:51 PM
For the record, my hood had plenty of minorities (they were usually cutting everyone's grass), and Republicans never like the poor or immigrants, even when they vote for them. I quote our next President: "Hate the poor. Poor can't pay their bills. Denny Crane!"
Posted by: Jurisconsultus | Friday, April 07, 2006 at 01:40 PM