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Tossed omlette may earn Terilyn jail time
By Tanya Pampalone
Of The San Francisco Examiner Staff
It might be NBC3 news anchor Terilyn Joe who ends up with egg on her face after her bizarre eggs-change Wednesday morning with two workers outside her Russian Hill condo.
The local TV celebrity could be charged with misdemeanor assault for tossing eggs and tomatoes at the workmen from the fifth-floor window of her half-million dollar home.
Bill Langille, owner of B&L Discount Tree Care, whose employees were attacked while working on a 40-foot ladder outside her condo, wants justice.
"I don't want an apology, I want the judge to decide," said Langille, who filed a police report on Memorial Day, hours after the nearly life-threatening incident. "I'm pressing charges. If those guys got hurt, I would be the one suffer the consequences."
Franco Zarate, one of Langille's employees, was using a chain saw to remove ivy from a concrete wall in the alley below Joe's Taylor Street home when the brouhaha began.
Joe appeared at her window and began yelling for Zarate and his colleague to stop working, but the building manager instructed them to continue. Joe returned to the window, this time armed with the organic ammunition, smacking Zarate in the face with a tomato and grazing his partner with an egg.
Lt. Henry Hunter said police are investigating the ferocious omelette attack, and expect that it will be turned over to the district attorney in the next two weeks. If convicted of the misdemeanor assault, the 42-year-old could face up to six months in jail.
Hunter said police are taking their time to gather the facts, and won't rush the case to the DA.
"Is there a danger that Ms. Joe is going to come out and kill people? No," Hunter said, adding that it's a "criminal investigation, and we are treating it as a criminal complaint."
Police, who will meet today with Langille and his employees, have talked to Joe's "representatives" but not directly to the anchorwoman.
The Emmy award-winning broadcaster is best known to viewers for her gravity-defying hairstyle.
Joe, who began working with NBC affiliate KNTV in October of 2000, did not return calls seeking comment.
By Tanya Pampalone
Of The San Francisco Examiner Staff
It might be NBC3 news anchor Terilyn Joe who ends up with egg on her face after her bizarre eggs-change Wednesday morning with two workers outside her Russian Hill condo.
The local TV celebrity could be charged with misdemeanor assault for tossing eggs and tomatoes at the workmen from the fifth-floor window of her half-million dollar home.
Bill Langille, owner of B&L Discount Tree Care, whose employees were attacked while working on a 40-foot ladder outside her condo, wants justice.
"I don't want an apology, I want the judge to decide," said Langille, who filed a police report on Memorial Day, hours after the nearly life-threatening incident. "I'm pressing charges. If those guys got hurt, I would be the one suffer the consequences."
Franco Zarate, one of Langille's employees, was using a chain saw to remove ivy from a concrete wall in the alley below Joe's Taylor Street home when the brouhaha began.
Joe appeared at her window and began yelling for Zarate and his colleague to stop working, but the building manager instructed them to continue. Joe returned to the window, this time armed with the organic ammunition, smacking Zarate in the face with a tomato and grazing his partner with an egg.
Lt. Henry Hunter said police are investigating the ferocious omelette attack, and expect that it will be turned over to the district attorney in the next two weeks. If convicted of the misdemeanor assault, the 42-year-old could face up to six months in jail.
Hunter said police are taking their time to gather the facts, and won't rush the case to the DA.
"Is there a danger that Ms. Joe is going to come out and kill people? No," Hunter said, adding that it's a "criminal investigation, and we are treating it as a criminal complaint."
Police, who will meet today with Langille and his employees, have talked to Joe's "representatives" but not directly to the anchorwoman.
The Emmy award-winning broadcaster is best known to viewers for her gravity-defying hairstyle.
Joe, who began working with NBC affiliate KNTV in October of 2000, did not return calls seeking comment.