CLIPPINGS FROM THE FRIDGE: GHOST THE CAUSE OF BOO! BOO!
>> Sunday, January 29, 2012
Clippings From the Fridge is a regular series here, inspired by the Two Nuns, One Gun story. These are wacky true news stories straight from the insanity fringe of society.
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| M. F. West, looking like he saw a ghost |
Fond du Lac man says wife punched, strangled by ghost
Russell Plummer, Gannett Wisconsin Media: A Fond du Lac man was arrested after he told police a “ghost” punched and strangled his wife.
Michael
F. West, 41, of 281 Fond du Lac Ave., was charged Wednesday with
strangulation and misdemeanors of battery, disorderly conduct and
resisting or obstructing an officer.
At about 8 p.m. Jan. 15, police arrived at West’s home to find the woman crying and bleeding from her nose.
The
woman was upset after West blamed her for the house being foreclosed.
When the woman pointed out that she works while West sits on the couch,
he became angry.
West strangled the woman twice. He then
told her to call the police. As she went to grab the phone, West punched
her repeatedly in the face.
West told police the woman got
her injuries from falling. When asked specifically about the neck
injuries, West responded, “A ghost did it.”
Officers had to struggle with an intoxicated West to place him in handcuffs after he made the ghost comment.
West is being held in the Fond du Lac County Jail on $1,000 bail. He was ordered to stay sober while the case is pending.
Of course it was a ghost. "The devil made me do it" is so passe, and we know Michael West, no relation to Adam West or James T. West, would never, ever do such a mean spirited thing.
Sources:
Claire, Chief Research Editor
Excerpted from The Northwestern.com







