Bright & Early: The Day Before The Day Before Edition

23 December 2008 | 10:00 am

Author: Morgan Levy

Good morning, Nashville. We hope you’re enjoying today’s toasty temperatures in the 30’s and 40’s. We hear that the single-digit temperatures are heading out, but we’re on Christmas vacation, so we’ll have to take your word for it. Speaking of Christmas, we hope you’re done shopping, because things are getting violent out there. A woman had a gun pulled on her over a parking spot in the Cool Springs Galleria yesterday, and that’s just not cool. Online shopping FTW?

Unemployment is working out for some folks. Two deceased Lebanon city employees received taxpayer-funded Christmas bonuses this year. No, really. This stuff happens.
Flying straight into the radar. From the department of Not So Clever Criminals, we bring you Keith Lawayne Grigsby, who tried the ol’ switcheroo on some merchandise at the Franklin Sam’s Club. He switched the UPC’s on a $90 printer and a $1,200 computer and managed to get out of the store and get the computer back home before someone figured it out and had him arrested.
Don’t mess with the Jesus. First United Methodist Church in Franklin had their nativity scene’s baby Jesus stolen on Saturday. Who does that?
Bits & pieces. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first … A 17-year-old was shot in the chest yesterday in the James A. Casey Homes … Another armed home invasion last night, this time in East Nashville (but thankfully, no one was hurt) … And now for some cheery news, 7-year-old Destiny McClain has collected more than 73,000 aluminum pull tabs for the Ronald McDonald House, even forgoing Christmas presents this year for the cause.

Photo by ikelee.

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Jim

On Jesus being stolen, I think the more important question is "why don't Christians know that Jesus now comes equipped with a location tracker?" Sloppy sloppy.

David Cintron

Ha, I really enjoy the hard work of the Nashvillest editor who found a photo of a manger scene without baby Jesus. That's the kind of detail I've come to expect from this high class site.

Rodney

Here is a comment from the original story about the guy who allegedly pulled a gun over the parking space. Three sides to every story and all.

"As usual, the media has gotten the story wrong. The argument was not over a "parking space". It was an argument between two women. Woman number 1 rushed to get to a parking space and in her haste, almost hit the van driven by woman number 2. Woman number 2 admitted she gave woman number 1 a filthy look, not over the space, but because she was in such a hurry she almost hit her van. Woman number 2 then proceeded to get a space several cars away. Woman number one got out of her car, walked away from the mall and aggressively confronted woman number two with yelling, cursing and challenging her over the "look". Woman number two explained to woman number one that she had almost hit her van in her haste to take the spot and that was her reason for the "look". Woman number one kept yelling and told her she should "beat her @#$". At that point the man came to the defense of his wife but he never pulled his weapon; however it makes a much more attention grabbing headline to state that. Woman number one said she had a gun too and wasn't scared. Once the police came, woman number one quickly changed from agressor to "victim". Had woman number one not threatened to do bodily harm to woman number two this situation probably would have ended with harsh words exchanged. How sad that an innocent man has had him name defamed all in the defense of his wife. I'm absolutely positive that the formal investigation will bear these facts out and I'm equally positive that there will be no coverage of his vindication or offer to make amends to him or his family. Oh, did I forget to mention that three small children had to witness their Mom being aggressively confronted in a parking lot and watch their Dad being taken away in handcuffs?"