Burt Bialozynski Went Nuts On A Teen Selling Candy
July 31, 2009 by FlamingFox
Ormond Beach, FL- A 13-year old boy was selling candy door-to-door on Wednesday and stopped at the home of Burt Bialozynski, 47, to solicit his sweets. Bialozynski charged out of his home yelling and grabbed him by his shirt. Bialozynski then dragged the boy off his lawn, causing the boy to hit his head on a piece of lawn furniture, and threw his candy at him. Bialozynski threatened the boy and said,”You better not come back and I’m going to get my Magnum for you.” The teenager ran away, called and reported the incident to his program supervisor, Johnny Carrasquillo, and then flagged down a nearby police car patrolling the neighborhood.
Burt Bialozynski
By the time Carrasquillo arrived, Bialozynski was already in cuffs. He was charged with child abuse and his bond was set at $1000. Bialozynski admitted that he pushed the boy and threatened to get a gun. He said he became aggravated because boys in the neighborhood have been stealing property and he thought the teen was one of them. The boy had been selling candy for a program called “Teens Against Drugs and Alcohol”.
About 20 teens from the program had been dropped off in that neighborhood on Wednesday and Carrasquillo said they are taught to expect that some people might be rude or be uninterested in what they have to say. “We teach them to say ‘Thanks a lot, sorry I bothered you,’ ” said Carrasquillo. “I’ve been doing this for over 16 years; this is the first time a customer has actually put his hands on one of my kids.” There are between 200-300 kids enrolled in the program. The students who go out selling candy must wear reflective vests and have identification. If any of them do not have cell phones, the program provides them one for safety reasons. Sounds like Bialozynski was too blinded with rage about a kid being on his lawn to notice the reflective vest and box of candy. Asshole!
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8:06 am on July 31st, 2009
While I am not agreeing with what this guy did, I somewhat understand how he can be upset. We have a kid in our neighborhood selling Obama calendars. This kid has been known to be casing houses. He asks for water, or to use the phone.
We have a neighborhood association (formed by the gas leases we sell to XTO Energy), which uses the email system to update the whole area on crime going on, and to be on the look-out.
This guy should have at least had a “No Soliciting” sign on his door (I did not read that in the article). I have one on mine, and if I see a person at my door, I am investigating with a cracked door, and a gun in my other hand.
The sign has cut down on traffic to my front door. It only cost me 99 cents.
9:16 am on July 31st, 2009
This guy obviously has an anger management program. I hate solicitators too, but this was a kid….a kid!
11:39 am on July 31st, 2009
That is why we don’t allow our children to go door to door without an adult. Dude needs to take a chill pill.
11:49 am on July 31st, 2009
Quoted for perspective.
To say that fear of this type of scenario is why you don’t let your kids go door to door is like saying you don’t let your kids go outside in the rain for fear they’ll get struck by lightening.
Actually, some of you probably don’t let your kids go out in the rain for that exact reason. *Sigh*…
Eh, the point remains – try to avoid letting irrational or overexaggerated fear guide your decisions.
11:53 am on July 31st, 2009
Careful Athena! You are letting our big secret out of the bag. You know, the one where we promote unsafe parenting skills so that we have more abducted kids to report on so that we make more money.
12:39 pm on July 31st, 2009
Sorry, Morbid. Subtlety isn’t really my strongsuit.
The good news? In a couple of weeks, we should be able to start reporting on lightening strikes.
ROFL.
1:14 pm on July 31st, 2009
While I understand the guy being somewhat upset, IF what he says is true. That is still *no* excuse to attack a child. This program sounds like a great idea, but I think that maybe the kids ought to be paired (buddy system) to go door to door.
When we had our house, we had a No Solicitors sign on the front door, and we’d still get salesmen/religious fanatics/children selling candy. If I answered the door and it was an adult, I’d point to the sign and say, “Yes, it applies to you.” then close the door. The children on the other hand, I’d hear what they have to say, if I could help them, I would. If I couldn’t, I’d apologize and let them be on their way. I never let them inside as I’d learned when we first moved into the house, that there was a kid ‘casing’ houses by ringing doorbells, asking to use the phone etc. My husband, being the wise man that he is, always stepped outside, closing the door behind him and handing them his cellphone.
~ceisdsgil
1:29 pm on July 31st, 2009
Here in Idaho it is illegal for children to go door to door for any reason, whether it is selling candy or receiving payment for newspaper subscriptions. I thought it was that way throughout the country – guess that shows how naive I am. You would think that they would absolutely have this law in Florida considering all that has happened there lately. Hopefully most states have this law to protect our children.
1:32 pm on July 31st, 2009
I wonder who was watching his precious property while his dumb ass was in jail. I mean if I was a juvenile delinquent, while your in jail for something stupid would be the best time to steal your stuff. Seriously, people that react like ass-hats over their property piss me off. Its one thing to protect your crap and another to attack random children just in case. Forget you meds much Mr. Bialozynski? I mean if I was a juvenile delinquent, while your in jail for something stupid would be the best time to steal your stuff.
2:07 pm on July 31st, 2009
No, most states do not have that law. Why should they? The vast majority of people are good and decent. Like this guys said – 16 years, 200-300 kids a year, and this incident is a first for him. Doesn’t really sound like a level of frequency that justifies legislation, does it? Has Idaho outlawed trick-or-treating, too?
Incidentally, minors selling door to door does not appear to be prohibited by state law in Idaho. That may simply pertain to your specific town or county, I don’t know.
2:54 pm on July 31st, 2009
Oh come on! Almost every organization that has kids selling stuff (Girl Scouts, school fundraisers, etc…) specifically prohibits random, door-to-door selling (especially unaccompanied). I’m not saying that 13 year-olds aren’t old enough to wander around without an adult (and kids SHOULD be able to), but even adults who sell magazines door to door have had frequent and scary encounters with potential customers. It seems like this organization is pretty safety conscious with the phones, vests, and IDs, but if adult vendors have problems, it’s not too far a leap to suspect kids might as well…
7:12 pm on July 31st, 2009
Every elementary school in our county hands out sales programs for door to door starting in Sept.. They are for everything you could thing of-calenders, pizzas, cokes and candy. We never allow our kids to participate!!! It is not safe. We always see kids by themselves going door to door, just to win some Cd player or ticket to six flags.
12:39 am on August 1st, 2009
They should have sent another person to his house with some money in their hands, or something of value as though he won something of value to him. Then when he is off use a TASER right to his neck, drag him out and the the kids kick the holy living crap out of him.
3:16 am on August 1st, 2009
I’m not even going to begin on the cruel tricks I played on Jehovahs witnesses, even when they have brought their kids to the door. The same ones come back again.
6:56 am on August 4th, 2009
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11:35 pm on August 5th, 2009
I grew up doing door-to-door fundraisers like this (I’m 18) and so have my siblings. The school/whatever always tells you not to go alone, to go with a parent. If you’re scared that a nutcase will attack your kid, then don’t stop them from going, go with them.
I always went with my older sister or a friend. The worst thing that happened to us was my crazy neighbor, who thought me and my friend had been making fun of her daughter, yelled at us and told us she’d never buy anything from us. But after doing so many door-to-door sales myself and chaperoning my younger brother on them, I don’t think there’s a lot to worry about. I’m not saying it can’t be safe to go to strangers’ doors, but it’s not like you can’t make it safe.
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