[StBernard] Brotherly battle in Chalmette leads to arrest

[Westley Annis]

  Hey I can believe this story.  I grew up with these guys and they are 
worse now than then.  Especially Speedy.  He was crazy.

Ben

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  > Brotherly battle in Chalmette leads to arrest
  > Posted by St. Bernard bureau June 07, 2007 10:22AM
  > St. Bernard bureau
  >
  > An argument between two Chalmette brothers over $20 escalated into a 
fight
  > involving a hammer, a machete and one of the brothers being beaten over 
the
  > head, St. Bernard Parish authorities said.
  >
  > When it was over, Charles Rinkus, 51, of 307 W. Celestine St., was 
booked
  > with aggravated battery and his brother, Harold Rinkus, 46, of 305 W.
  > Celestine St., was nursing a head wound, authorities said.
  >
  > Harold Rinkus might still face arrest, the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's
  > Office said in a news release Thursday.
  >
  > According to the news release, deputies responded to the scene of a
  > disturbance Sunday and spoke with Charles Rinkus, who told them that 
Harold
  > Rinkus had asked to borrow $20 from him. Charles Rinkus told his brother
  > they could talk about it later, the report said. At that, Charles Rinkus
  > told deputies, Harold Rinkus became angry and smashed his windshield 
with a
  > jack.
  >
  > Charles Rinkus said his brother then came at him with a machete, 
demanding
  > $20. Seeing the machete, Charles Rinkus told deputies he armed himself 
with
  > a hammer.
  >
  > He told deputies that Harold Rinkus swung the machete at him but missed.
  > Charles Rinkus responded by hitting Harold Rinkus over the head with the
  > hammer, deputies said.
  >
  > The news release said Harold Rinkus initially refused medical treatment,

but
  > later was transported to University Hospital in New Orleans for 
treatment of
  > cuts and bruises to the back of his head.
  >
  > The news release said that upon his recovery from the head wound, Harold
  > Rinkus could be booked with aggravated assault, criminal damage to 
property
  > and disturbing the peace.