He made them a pizza they couldn’t refuse
A former mob hit man in a witness protection program blew his cover after he was caught on tape brutalizing two customers who complained about the food at his pizza joint.
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Joey Calco, a killer for the Bonanno crime family who turned informant, was supposed to be laying low in Palm Coast, Fla., under the alias Joseph Milano, owner of Goomba’s Pizzeria. Instead, Calco came to the attention of police when officials say he pistol-whipped two customers who complained about his calzone.
What’s the beef?
A Florida man was arrested for wasting police officers’ time after he called 911 to complain that a Burger King did not have lemonade.
Jean Fortune, 66, spent nearly five minutes talking to the 911 operator complaining that the fast food company did not have lemonade, that his burger was taking too long, and that the employee was rude to him.
A frustrated dispatcher told him that the 911 was for people who were dying, but Fortune stayed on the line until shortly before police arrived. Boynton Beach police charged Fortune with abuse of 911 communications.
“There comes a time in every man’s life …”
A Sarasota man was arrested Sunday after allowing his 8-year-old son to drive, resulting in a minor parking lot crash.
Mark Belanger, 34, told police he asked his son to get behind the wheel because he was feeling woozy and wanted to have “a bonding moment” with his son.
The boy nearly hit two pedestrians before crashing into two trees. When police questioned the child, he said his dad was taking “liquid medicine in order to feel better” — and pointed to a bottle of whiskey.
Teaching sex-ed?
An Ohio fourth-grade teacher was arrested after she skipped class to work as a prostitute.
Sheriff’s officials say 35-year-old Amber Carter used the school computer to arrange the tryst and was arrested at a motel parking lot in Bellefontaine in central Ohio.
He said he was late for the reunion tour
A man convinced a woman that he was a member of the rock band Foreigner, stole her Corvette and then crashed it.
Police say Eric Hook, 48, befriended the woman at a Tampa hotel, claiming to be Cory James, a drummer for Foreigner. The band has had more than a half dozen drummers over the years, none named Cory James.
Hook conned the valet into giving him the woman’s 2002 Chevrolet Corvette. He crashed a short time later and ran off, but authorities tracked him down with a police dog.
Drunk dialer
A drunk man was arrested after he called police to complain that a store clerk refused to sell him more beer.
Armando Merino, 40, of Zephyrhills, Fla., was “abusive” to the dispatcher, officials said.
Police tried to calm him but he continued to berate the clerk and officers.
Merino was arrested for disorderly conduct.
