A Blast From The Past

I was pointed to this interesting archived story from the New York Post.

MIDGET-CASE JURY HEARS SHORT STORY
New York Post

April 19, 2005 -- He should have picked on someone his own size.

The midget mother and daughter who were allegedly terrorized by their neighbor stood tall yesterday as they faced the grand jury to testify against him.

Neither 3-foot-8 Debra Shea nor her 3-foot-6 daughter, Concelean Pegues, would comment on their testimony as they left Brooklyn Supreme Court, saying prosecutors asked them not to talk while the case is still pending.

The two were testifying against their longtime neighbor, Joseph Izzo, who was busted last week for spray-painting a yellow line leading up to their house and telling them to "follow the yellow brick road."

Izzo, 40, who is facing hate-crime charges, is also accused of hurling racial slurs at Pegues and cruelly singing, "Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go."

Izzo was not in court yesterday, and his lawyer, his brother Richard, declined to comment.

A man who said he was Izzo's friend said that over the past few weeks, Izzo and Shea would get into drunken fights and the two would often call the authorities on each other.

I love the fact that the author of the article used as many puns as possible, not to mention the word "midget" which is supposed to piss the wee ones off.

A+ New York Post.

thanks Nick I.