By the time the deputy arrived at the site of a
reported assault on Snowshoe Drive, the assailant was long gone. The assailed,
however, recounted the incident as follows: He’d been concerned that one of his
friends might have been involved in a construction accident that had occurred
some days before, and, as a volunteer firefighter, had followed up on the injured
worker’s case. A few days later a friend of his showed up at his house
accompanied by the foreman of the ill-starred construction site. The foreman
accused the fireman of “trying to ruin his life” by checking up on the
accident, punctuating the point with a solid two-handed shove to the chest and
a glancing blow to the jaw. The firefighter said he thought the fellow might
have been touchy about the subject because he doesn’t have a general
contractor’s license or insurance. His friend offered that he does have serious
back problems and shouldn’t be rough-housing in anger. Eager to speak his
piece, the foreman was waiting at the JCSO mountain substation when the deputy
finished his shift. He admitted pushing the fireman, but said he shouldn’t have
been “getting into my business.” Interestingly, the man told the officer that his
business is selling items on eBay, not construction, adding that he can’t work
construction “because of my back. I’m on disability.” The construction
foreman/eBay magnate received a summons for harassment.