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An off-duty firefighter was charged with misdemeanor assault after he beat up a Brooklyn motorist in front of the driver's wife and two sons. Michael Crespo, who is a 28-year-old copier technician, says that he was driving in Brooklyn when Stephen Spagnola jaywalked in front of his car. Spagnola, who is with FDNY Engine Co. 28 and also posed as Mr. September in the 2005 edition of the FDNY's racy Calendar of Heroes, objected to Crespo's objections and soon enough, Crespo was out of his car getting brutally beaten by Spagnola and a his friend. The Daily News quotes Crespo's wife, "I was hysterical. My oldest child saw everything. He was afraid for his daddy."
To the disappointment of many, the Calendar of Heroes is no more. The FDNY claimed this summer that the 2008 edition would be the last one, when sharp-eyed viewers connected an appearance of Michael Biserta on The Today Show to his featured appearance on a Guys Gone Wild Video. Made before he joined the department, the video shows Biserta displaying his "God-given hose." Biserta didn't face disciplinary action because he made the video before he joined the department, but commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and the FDNY Foundation both agreed that the department's reputation was more important that the approximately $150,000 the calendar raised every year.
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Funny, same thing happened to a friend awhile back when he asked a couple drunk FDNY mouth breathers politely in a crowded bar to leave his girlfriend alone. Got a broken jaw and a couple teeth knocked out for it . Don't give a sh*t anymore about heros, some of these guys are stupid fucking psychos that need a good ass kicking.
stay out of bars like that
I'm sure they'll find some other way of making their gay calendar, everyone else seems to.
First of all, who the hell doesn't jaywalk? Sounds like this guy Crespo had some road rage issues. I mean, he had to have left his car to confront these guys, no? This tough guy from Bushwick just happened to run into some guys who weren't scared of him and got beat down. Move on. The only reason this is an issue is because Spagnola is a fireman. The media in this city are quick to convict the NYPD and the FDNY in the media. If someone left their car in the middle of the street and came after you, what would you do ?