Citizen arrested for stopping “foreigner” terrorist
Joseph Tarochione’s “Special Forces” training kicked in when he saw a Canadian driving erratically. Tarochione then began his own investigation after calling 9-1-1, and in a typical secret squirrel move refused to disclose his name to the operator;
Tarochione was arrested and charged Tuesday afternoon with impersonating a law enforcement officer. He was later released from the Land O’ Lakes Jail on $5,000 bond.
When he called 911, Tarochione told the dispatcher his name was classified information, according to the arrest report. A deputy who arrived at the scene said Tarochione told him he was in Special Forces and assigned to search for terrorists in the area, the arrest report said.
Police apparently batoned the nut and hurt his pinky.
Tarochione was armed with a .22 magnum handgun and a .22-caliber long-rifle revolver, the report said. In his vehicle was a 16-gauge shotgun and “lots of ammunition,” the report said.
When deputies asked him to give them the weapons, Tarochione refused. He said the deputies struck him twice with a baton when he refused to hand over the weapons.
Somehow, it’s not reassuring to me that there are people like Tarochione out there who think they’re hunting foreign terrorists from Canada and their “special forces training” kicks in for erratic drivers. I mean, appreciate his spirit, but, still.
Thanks to CavScoutCoastie for the link.
Category: General Whackos
“A deputy who arrived at the scene said Tarochione told him he was in Special Forces and assigned to search for terrorists in the area, the arrest report said.”
Just wait until Alex Jones and the Ronulans read this. They’re going to flip their heavily tinfoiled lids.
Two .22 caliber handguns and a 16 gauge? Is this guy 12 years old and hunting with his dad? Was Wal-Mart out of soft-air rifles and pellet guns?
“Sorry, Officer; my name is classified, but let me just tell you all about my mission…”
These loonies exist. I got a call a few months after coming on recruiting duty from a man who wanted to join. He said he was 53, so I quickly told him he was unqualified, but his story then took an interesting turn. According to him, he joined the National Guard in the 70s and was a bodyguard for Gerald Ford. He never attended basic training. Reagan assigned him to some covert anti-drug task force where he was set up on a drug charge and served time in prison. He wanted to join again because he guaranteed he could road march faster and farther than most young guys and just wanted to go to Iraq to kill insurgents.
#2,
My thoughts exactly. The .22 is not exactly known as a go-to weapon for dispatching terrorists.
You know, it makes me weep for the country when the crazies are doing more than the people in power to stop terrorists… even if it isn’t the right thing.
The guy needs to learn that you can’t just say you are SF and assign yourself a mission with your Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle.
This dude needs some professional help….
We think that this story is entirely fabricated. Someone is trying to make fun of drivers from Canada. The real story is that the driver from Canads was only one obeying the law and that is why the Canadian driver seemed to be driving eratically. There is clearly a pattern here making fun of Snow Birds. Ya think?? Right like No one ever saw the movie Fargo before. What comes knext diggs at Lake Wobegone?
Or perhaps the charge that the Chicago Fire was a man made disaster.
He didn’t have his “Men in Black” flash pin? He should have pulled it out and wiped their memories.
@7: We think you’re full of it.
$5 bucks says his “special Forces” training comes from Special KP duty.
at #4, recruiting stations are a magnet for loonies, like moths to bug zapper lights. I think it’s partially due to closing insane asylums and letting the patients roam free.
FM–we used to put them on speaker and let the whole office listen. After hours, we’d save the voicemails and send them to other stations.
When I read this post title, I assumed the guy broke up a particularly brutal “Juke Box Hero” karaoke session. Sadly, I was wrong.
@5: Lucky he had a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time.
Oh, sure….mock him NOW……but when those Canadians come rolling (or ice skating)over the border just like the War of 1812…you’ll be begging good ol’ Tarochione for help!
Sooo, some guy in the states thinks he can mess with Canadian drivers,eh? Let him come up to Ottawa, or Oshawa, or Hamilton, eh? We’ll show his ass when he shows up, eh?
Wow, someone from Ontario driving erratically? no way. I currently live in Ontario (Kingston) and wow I do know that certain cars here have optional signal lights and also optional brake lights but wow, amazing that this guy knew what to do. Sign me up for the training he took!
Canadians driving eratically? Probably wasn’t used to the option of multiple lanes or side streets. (bad joke)
Props to #3 though, your comment had me laughing.
A 16 gauge…really?
Man, that’s old school. Wonder if it was a Browning Auto 5 or a Winchester Model 12…
Other than that, just another Doofus…nothing to see here, people.
I live on the same street as this lunatic…his wife isn’t living with him after his patriotic deed……2 words
BAKER ACT !!!!!!