Golf club attacks are not funny. We repeat: they are not funny. Golf clubs are at the very top of sports’ evolutionary chain of hand-held objects designed to send projectiles a long distance, and that means if they catch hold of a skull instead of a Titleist, bad things are soon to follow. Like 21 months in jail bad.
(For the third time: NOT FUNNY.)
So it’s with that somber approach that we talk about this latest news, in which one Charles Kascinski (no, not him) attacked a 16-year-old with a golf club. Oh, and it happened as the victim and his friends were approaching a police officer, so yes, there’s more to this story.
Per the TRENTONIAN:
“That’ll show you to undermine me!”
Those words were muttered by a 67-year-old man right after he allegedly hit a 16-year-old kid in the back of the head with a golf club last Saturday. The incident was sparked when one of three juveniles was believed to have hit a golf ball through the man’s upstairs house window here on Golf Club Drive.
Charles Kascinski, 67, of Golf Club Drive, Middletown, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct and released on $30,000 bail after arraignment before District Justice John J. Kelly. He didn’t respond to a phone request for comment last night.
Remember when we said we were going to be somber? That’s out the window, because the attack happened on Golf Club Drive. Come on! It’s like getting shot to death on Gun Murder Avenue. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN?
We have a feeling, however, that this attack was more than just a random clubbing. According to the story, victim Austino Blaydon had just joined his two friends who were hitting balls in the area. Odds that they were aiming for windows? 50%. Wait a second, any more details that might move that one up or down?
The injured boy, Austino Blaydon, 16, is the grandson of Langhorne Mayor Chris Blaydon.
Okay, so the assailant was an old guy who was reportedly disrespected to the point of rage… by a teenager… from a privileged family? Odds just went up to 70,000% that they were harassing Kascinski.
Unfortunately, “they were being total spoiled pricks” isn’t going to be a valid defense, and just about the only reason the old man’s not going to spend a ton of time in the pokey is that Blaydon’s already out of the hospital after two days (albeit after a skull fracture and concussion). You think the kid (or his friends) learned a lesson about respecting other people and their property?
Christ, no. They’re teenagers. This’ll probably just be something new to brag about.
7:31 am on September 3rd, 2009
You’re an idiot! I suppose you think women deserve to get raped because of the way they dress don’t you? I don’t care how many times the boys were hitting golf balls at his house that does not give him the right or make it right for him to attempt to do permanent bodily harm to anyone. Call the freakin’ cops. I repeat, you’re an IDIOT!
8:30 am on September 3rd, 2009
Sounds like Scotty received a blow to the head. Chill out dude.
10:03 am on September 3rd, 2009
Similar thing happened in Wixom, MI a few days ago, except the 18-yr-old victim died from the beating.
10:32 am on September 3rd, 2009
Hey, if you are purposely screwing with somebody be prepared for a backlash, whether the reaction is rational or irrational is irrelavant. Mind your own business and there won’t be problems.
11:00 am on September 3rd, 2009
When are fools going to realize…. YOU LIVE ON A GOLF COURSE!!!!! PEOPLE HIT LITTLE WHITE ROCKS ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE!!!! Because of that your house, car, kids, mother-in-law…. You understand that!! You don’t end up going to jail for bashing some stupid kids for hitting your house!!!
That is what Allstate is for idiot!!!!
2:06 pm on September 3rd, 2009
i know this story.
yes, the kids were pricks.
yes, they deserved to get their a**es kicked for being pricks.
yes, the old guy went to far, however,
when the kids act like pricks, they created an environment where things can get out of control.
calling the cops wont solve anything. calling the cops is nothing but a slap on the wrist. so the kids wont learn.
a good beating is necessary. not by the old guy, but by the fathers of the pricks. hey mayor, be a dad and work your son over so he will learn not to f*ck around with other people.
thats how you learn respect. when you FEEL the consequences.
political correctness is for cowards.
10:52 pm on September 3rd, 2009
What he shoulda done is secretly drop a ball on the ground first and then claim he was trying to hit the ball….
10:54 pm on September 3rd, 2009
I have to laugh at these posters.. what if 3 teenagers were laughing and blasting golfballs thru their windows… sounds like they would invite them in for a beer…
9:46 am on September 4th, 2009
I’m confused…Do you all think mayor is some mystical title handed down from on high? Langhorne’s “mayor” usually defers to whomever is willing to run for a political office with nothing in it for them. He consults 4 police officers & sometimes performs weddings. Small small town. He’s retired. he’s retired, it’s really simple to understand. Using that to shade yr perpective is pointless. Just because the story sounds like it mighta happened in a movie doesn’t mean you should feel free to fill in the blanks with character stereotypes.
11:57 am on September 4th, 2009
How Dare You Sir! It is inexcusable to put the words “Not Funny” and Ted Knight anywhere near each other. That fact that the picture is from Caddy Shack raises this to the level of WAR CRIME! You will be contacted by The Hauge. And yes, seems like the consensus is that the kid probably deserved a beating and the old guy went too far. I agree.
YOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU!!!!!
4:42 pm on September 4th, 2009
Maybe he shoulda just poked him with his ball retriever…