Posted by
drpete on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 5:07:05 PM
Breaking news from Columbia, South Carolina, where the #1 ball cap in town says "Cocks".
An early morning run for breakfast at the Waffle House on Paxville Highway in Manning turned terribly wrong for Crystal Samuel.
"I thought I was gonna get me an All-Star," says Samuel. A popular
meal on the menu. "Grits, sausage, toast, eggs and a waffle," says
Samuel.
She didn't get what she came for. Instead, she says while she waited
for her order, her friends started eating. That's when Samuel says she
was told they couldn't eat from carryout trays inside the restaurant.
"I said what is your fuss about. I said we haven't paid for our
food. She (Ward) said well you all got to leave. How you want us to
leave and we ain't paid for the food yet," says Samuel.
That's when it got ugly. Samuel says she threw a waffle at the
waitress. "I did actually throw some food but it didn't hit her," says
Samuel. "That's when she (Ward) jumped across the counter and we got
into it," says Samuel.
Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett says the altercation
continued outside where he says Ward got a gun from her car and a gun
magazine from her trunk.
"It's poor judgment on her part trying to settle this matter with a
weapon. either way she had time to think about what she was doing when
she was walking to her car," says Garrett.
Investigators say Ward's gun discharged during the altercation. They say a bullet fragment struck Samuel in the arm.
"Deputies were close by when they rolled up in the parking lot the
victim and the suspect were still engaged in a fight," says Garrett.
Before it ended, authorities say Ward struck the victim in the head with the gun.
"She got the last lick,"says Samuel. Meanwhile Ward has bonded out
of jail.
Additional information from independent research:
Waffle House signature hash browns come six
ways:
- Traditional:
scattered and smothered (onions)
- scattered;
- smothered;
- covered and chunked
(onions, cheese and ham);
- chunked and topped
(onions, cheese, ham and chili);
- topped and diced
(onions, cheese, ham, chili and diced tomatoes).
The floor is now open for your comments.