Man believes driver with foreign license plate is terrorist, calls 911 to check for bombs

[teach1st]

Bay News 9 (Tampa Bay Area), 2/1/12

http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2012/february/377190/Man-believes-driver-with-foreign-license-plate-is-terrorist-calls-911-to-check-for-bombs?cmpid-twitter


A man claiming to be a Department of Defense agent allegedly pulled over a car with an Ontario, Canada license plate because he felt the driver must be a terrorist since the vehicle had a foreign license plate.

According to Pasco County Sheriff's spokesperson Kevin Doll, Joseph Tarochione, 73, of Homosassa, forced the driver of the the car to pull over into the Calendar Girls Strip Club parking lot on US-19 in Hudson because he wanted the have the car checked for bombs

Deputies said Tarochione called 911 around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, stated he work for the DOD special forces unit, couldn't tell his name because it was classified and he needed a deputy to search the car for the bombs he felt were in the vehicle.

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When the deputy arrived, he found a .22 Magnum handgun, a .22 long rifle revolver, a 16-gauge shotgun and ammunition in Tarochione's possession.

[baldguy]

1. Because Ontario is a hotbed of terrorism.

I saw a plate from Idaho today. Should I have called Homeland Security?

[WingDinger]

2. classic projection. That fool is a domestic terrorist waiting to happen.

[monmouth]

7. And of course it's Florida, probably around the area that voted largely for Newt....sigh...n/t

[teach1st]

14. Pasco County is one step on a bridge between the centrist and the right-leaning districts

http://newportrichey.patch.com/articles/romney-wins-florida-gop-primary-pasco-republican-reacts

According to the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Office’s unofficial results, a total of 43,411 ballots were cast in today’s race. The total number of registered Republicans is 115,792.

Of those who voted in today’s race, 19,175 cast their ballots for Romney. Gingrich came in second with 13,057, or 30.09 percent of the vote. Rick Santorum trailed in at third with 6,731 ballots cast in his favor.

Voter turnout is estimated at 37.49 percent

[rrneck]

3. This could be an epic gungeon thread. nt

[HopeHoops]

4. ...and then he went into the strip club to "look for bombshells".

[siligut]

15. Strip clubs all over Fla

Either that parking lot or a bank's. But still very funny/clever.

[Brickbat]

5. I am apparently 12, because "Homosassa" cracked me up.

[liberalhistorian]

6. Ya know, my inner child had the

same reaction!

What a paranoid maroon. And how embarassing for us as a nation. Had I been the Canadian driver, I not only would NOT have pulled over, but I would have called 911 claiming harassment and attempted abduction as well as to report a missing brain. I wonder why the driver even bothered pulling over for the idiot.

And he's a State Dept. "special ops" operative like I'm Johnny Depp's girlfriend. Sheesh.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

17. well, as a Canadian driver, I'm not sure what I'd do nowadays.

your are right, but since 9-11 things have gone so bat shit on both sides of the border, so much that I won't travel anymore. Sad, because it used to be so casual. On another note, wonder what Florida would do without the substantial, retired snow-birds dollars??

[OriginalGeek]

20. We also have a Kissimmee

And for a while they had a minor league ball club called the Kissimmee Astros.

True story.

[Journeyman]

8. Damn good thing the deputy arrested the terrorist. . .

doddering old fool could hurt someone.

[pinboy3niner]

9. I pictured him sitting in a jail made of aged cheddar and Monterry Jack when I read...

"Tarochione was arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer and was booked into the Land O'Lakes Jail."

[lib2DaBone]

10. A Fox News Viewer and avid Dito Head........

..the same guy who voted for pRick Scott for Gov.

[riverbendviewgal]

11. I am vacationing in Florida right now

and I am from Ontario...there are a LOT of nuts down here. There are some beautiful beaches and sunsets..but I feel a little bit insecure with all these nuts like the one in this news story.

[muntrv]

12. I wonder if Joseph is another chickenhawk who never served in the armed forces.

[Canuckistanian]

13. This is why I'll never drive in FLA

Too many nutcases on the lookout for ANYTHING even remotely different... and therefore threatening.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. It is a good thing he does NOT drive in San Diego

[HipChick]

18. How was he able to pull the car over?

[uppityperson]

21. Here's a longer article with a bit more."A guy from out of the country has no business driving and t

http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/feb/01/pasco-deputies-man-arrested-for-stopping-car-to-se-ar-353898/
"Joseph Tarochione became suspicious when he saw the car's driver driving erratically and nearly striking two cars and a pedestrian. His suspicion grew when he saw the Ontario license plate.

"A guy from out of the country has no business driving and terrorizing people the way he did it," Tarochione said."