damn weather

well toledo got struck with a bunch of storms again last night and atleast they only dropped 3 inches of rain instead of the 5-7" that came the last time in june but we were given a gift about 1:30am today courtesy of it :crunch - twack - crunch: of a 14" limb dropping out of our tree on to the freshly painted fence


oh well, i'll post more pics as I clean up the mess, maybe even fix the date on the camera too

wow

I loved it yesterday, everybody was all tied up in the hullaballow that more then half the people I know including family forgot about my birthday, oh well no biggie..... once you go past 21 who cares anyways lol

July 7, 2006 - The man charged for driving into two city of Toledo workers is speaking out about the ordeal. Jeremy Goldthwaite (gol-th-wait) talked only with 13-abc's Erica Hurtt about his version of what happened.

It was a dispute over towing vehicles that left two city workers injured.

But Jeremy Goldthwaite says he didn't mean to hurt anyone and he thinks the city tried to illegally seize his cars.

Jeremy Goldthwaite says he's had a bad week!

It might be hard to find sympathy for a guy accused of driving a truck into two city workers, but Goldthwaite insists it was accident.

"I've got faith in god and the judicial system that this will all get cleared up."

On Monday, Toledo code of enforcement employees came to tow Goldthwaite and his friend's vehicles.

She had no paperwork for it. She was going to take vehicles that were all running, legally plated, legally parked on driveways not on the grass, that had not be cited before.

Goldthwaite admits neighbors made complaints in February but says those problems were fixed.

He claims city employee Sue Frederick was unfairly targeting him so he drove off in his truck.

That's when he says he unknowingly hit Frederick and coworker Mike Bombrys.

"I believe I had seen the guy in the jeep getting ready to back it up so I put it in reverse. And as some people have told me she stepped in the way of the truck trying to stop me from backing up. I didn't see her step in the way."

Goldthwaite says he came back as soon as he heard the workers had been hit; but that was too late for police.

Yesterday they charged Goldthwaite with aggravated assault. He says he has paid to get all of the vehicles out of impound, but only a minivan was back at the house today. It has a temporary tag that expires on July 25.

Both workers suffered minor injuries.

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I am about to take some money I have stashed away and go on a vacation for a few weeks till all this blows over, kinda thinking about going to a friends in Kingman AZ

What a holiday

2 Toledo workers struck by trailer
Pair suffer injuries while trying to tow junk cars, mayor says

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Two city of Toledo Department of Neighborhoods employees were hurt yesterday - one when her ankle was run over by a trailer on a pickup truck, the other when he was pinned between the trailer and a parked car during an incident in the south end.

Sue Frederick, manager of code enforcement, was in fair condition at University Medical Center after her ankle was injured during the incident about noon on Nela Parkway. Mike Bombrys, a seasonal supervisor, was to be examined at Occuhealth for a swollen knee, police said. Jeremy Goldthwaite, 26, of 1009 Nela, who police said was driving the pickup, was not charged. The incident remains under investigation. Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, during an unrelated news conference, said the two employees were there to tow junk cars after repeated complaints from neighbors. "They were injured when the disgruntled vehicle owner assaulted them with his vehicle," the mayor alleged. Police said the two workers were towing the pickup when Mr. Goldthwaite disagreed about whether they could take it. He jumped in the pickup and backed up, police said. Police are investigating exactly how Ms. Frederick, 49, was hurt but said the trailer ran over her ankle. Mr. Bombrys, 38, was getting out of a car when he tried to get out of the way and was pinned between the trailer and a parked car. Mr. Goldthwaite fled but returned and was interviewed by police when officers contacted him and requested he come back, authorities said. Ms. Frederick in April was convicted of failure to aid a law enforcement officer after pleading no contest to the charge stemming from a Dec. 28, 2005, incident. She argued with the owner of a legally parked vehicle and threatened to have the vehicle towed during that incident in the 800 block of Geneva Avenue. After police asked her to stop, she continued and was arrested. Mr. Bombrys, a former police sergeant, was relieved of his duties in late 2004 when he fired several shots from his department-issued handgun and drove erratically outside his home. Authorities said then they believed his medical condition as an insulin-dependent diabetic was the cause of his behavior.



everything the city took was perfectly legal,parked on concrete and ad valid tags, we will be filing suit on wendsday