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`Mister Softee Tried To Kill Me!'
Hartford Courant ^ | 7/3/02 | Matt Burgard

Posted on 07/03/2002 12:25:01 PM PDT by marshmallow

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:44 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The driver of a Mister Softee truck, allegedly fed up with the tactics of a Hartford neighborhood activist, is facing third-degree assault and breach of peace charges for attacking the activist with a baseball bat, city police said.

Luis Amaro, 51, a part-time Mister Softee driver, is accused of charging out of his truck Saturday and swinging the bat at Wilbur Troutman, a city resident and frequent critic of the jangling kiddie music coming from the truck's loudspeakers.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: hartford; mistersoftee; troutman
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To: rabidralph
A man selling ice cream, singing Italian songs...

Can you dig it? Yes I can....

21 posted on 07/03/2002 3:27:28 PM PDT by steveo
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To: Cleburne
I say we should not let ourselves go soft on the perpetrator.

You're gonna get creamed for bad puns like that.

22 posted on 07/03/2002 3:28:26 PM PDT by Eagle Eye
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To: rabidralph
Wow, two days in a row that we have had a 25 or 6 to 4 reference.
23 posted on 07/03/2002 3:30:58 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
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To: Hillary's Lovely Legs
Actually, I think it's "Saturday in the Park".
24 posted on 07/03/2002 6:46:13 PM PDT by marshmallow
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