C’mon back when you can’t stay so long

PINE – According to a complaint filed on the afternoon of Sept. 24, a young fellow tooling home from school along Rock Creek Road felt unfairly chastised when a man standing on the deck of a house at the corner of Upper Ranch Drive made an offensive gesture toward him as he passed by. When he stopped to ask what prompted the discourtesy, the non-verbally expressive fellow promptly told him in plain – if inflammatory – English. “I saw you drifting around the corner the other night. If I see you do it again, I’ll throw a rock through your window, you (vulgar adjective, cruel epithet).” When the unhappy lad related the incident to his mom a few minutes later, she called JCSO, and in short order a pair of deputies dropped by the Upper Ranch Drive address for a little tete-a-tete-a-tete. While the angryHillbillyhot-tempered homeowner “appeared angry,” he seemed perfectly willing to answer the officers’ questions, albeit at the top of his lungs, and loudly denied any knowledge of the incident. Then he asked to be spared further interview. “Are you charging me with something?” he shouted. “THEN LEAVE NOW!” The deputies left.