Not the best way to conduct business … Like anyone is going to go to his store after this. I love the way the cameraman took a full shot of the storefront. Here’s some excerpts from the story.

Silverman Helps: The Story Behind The Attack

Thursday February 8, 2007

…The attack on CityNews’ Peter Silverman has become the talk of North America.

The 75-year-old ombudsman had just gone back to see an old nemesis thinking things were about to be smoothed over. But it didn’t end up that way.

As Peter went into the store run by Adam Plimmer, the 33-year-old suddenly came out from his shop in a fit of anger. He took several swipes at Silverman, grabbing his papers, slapping at him, hitting him with his front door and throwing snowballs at the crew and a TTC employee who’d stopped to help.

… Plimmer was incensed because the Silverman Helps team had repeatedly gone to his King St. West Opticians shop about complaints he was allegedly selling counterfeit versions of some famous trademarked glasses frames. There were also questions about the eye test he administered and allegations he hadn’t lived up to promises that had been made to customers.

It all began when a woman named Diana Eromin contacted Peter about her experience at the store.

“I was ready to pick up my glasses and he was screaming, ‘you don’t get it!’ He said, ‘get the hell out before I kill you!’ That was my last time with him alone.”

Katherine Ng paid Plimmer nearly $700 for a pair of glasses which included a free eye test. When he couldn’t get the prescription right she wanted to cancel the deal.

“He said no, if you don’t get out of my store I’m going to call the cops,” she recalls.

… So you can imagine the Silverman Helps team’s surprise when the optician called the office to offer a white flag of true.

“I’ve become a new man,” he insisted. “I’ve witnessed the power of God and Mr. Silverman, I love you and you can come and talk to me.”

Peter accepted the invitation hoping to get a refund for some viewers. But it quickly became apparent it wasn’t genuine.

“You too!” Plimmer screamed at the TTC worker when the crew arrived around 4pm Wednesday. “You stand in front of my f***ing store. I don’t care. Get out of my store!”

That attitude didn’t sit well when police showed up. Plimmer promptly locked himself inside, while armed Emergency Task Force officers took up residence on the street.

Soon after, he came out and was led away in handcuffs, charged with assault and assault with a weapon. That ‘weapon’ was a broomstick.

YEAH …. Here’s a short clip via YouTube but go to CityNews.ca for the full video and story.

02/06/2007 – (Orlando-AP, Feb. 6, 2007) – A NASA astronaut has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in an alleged kidnapping attempt involving a romantic rival.

Orlando police were in the process of adding the new charge against Lisa Marie Nowak, 43, spokeswoman Sgt. Barb Jones said in a statement.

“The intent was there to do serious bodily injury or death,” Jones said, referring to a new steel mallet, knife, rubber tubing and large garbage bags that police found in Nowak’s possession.

Nowak, a Navy captain and married mother of three, had already been charged with attempted kidnapping, attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence and battery, and a judge had said Tuesday morning that she could be freed on $15,500 bail provided she stay away from the other woman and wear a monitoring device. …

… Police said Nowak drove 900 miles, donned a disguise and was armed with a BB gun and pepper spray when she confronted a woman she believed was a competitor for the affections of Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein, an unmarried fellow astronaut.

Oefelein, 41, piloted the space shuttle Discovery in December. He and Nowak trained together but never flew a mission together.

Nowak told police that her relationship with Oefelein was “more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship,” according to an arrest affidavit. Inside Nowak’s vehicle, which was parked at a nearby motel, authorities found a pepper spray package, an unused BB-gun cartridge, latex gloves and e-mails between Oefelein and Colleen Shipman.

Is it just me or does the fact that she is a damn ASTRONAUT supposed to mean she is smart enough and level headed enough to avoid all this foolishness??

According to authorities, Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Oefelein, and when she found out Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, she decided to confront her early Monday, according to the arrest affidavit.

Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers in the car so she wouldn’t have to stop to go to the bathroom, authorities said.

Guess not.

Click here for full story and a video report.

Dateline’s to Catch a Predator series is on again tonight. These guys never cease to amaze me with their “explanations.” To see video footage, go to Dateline’s site
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