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Slamming golf balls off neighbor's house leads to Hilton Head hijinx

Friday December 16, 2005 | 09:15:25 182 words, 2078 views  

From the Department of “Man I Wish There Was Video of This":

According to the Island Packet, a 49-year-old Hilton Head Island woman was arrested recently, facing charges of vandalizing her neighbor’s property and assaulting a police officer.

It appears one Rita Miguel Caruso had some troubles with her neighbor and decided to resolve the issue by imploding spectacularly.

First Caruso pulled her golf clubs out and started smacking golf balls into her neighbor’s house, which, even in a golf-liberal environment like Hilton Head, is frowned upon.

Then it was just off to the races. Caruso then started knocking over her neighbor’s plants, then threw honey at her neighbor’s front door, then got some silly string and started spraying it over her neighbor’s ornamental reindeer, throwing the can at her neighbor’s truck when it was empty.

Finally, the cops arrived. And Caruso kneed one of them right in the sweet spot.

I don’t believe there’s a real point to made here. Maybe it’s more proof that everyone in Hilton Head owns golf clubs. Regardless, I would have loved to see it.

–WKW

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Comment from: Lester Hinson [Visitor]
When golf clubs are outlawed, only outlaws will have golf clubs.
PermalinkPermalink 2005-12-16 @ 09:52
Comment from: Ron Mon [Member]
Guess those Hilton Head cops face little conflict on a daily basis, huh? If little old Rita Miguel could penetrate their defenses, imagine what a real perp might do. Wolf, I'm with you. My question is, was she just lobbing the wedge, or was she hitting some turn-the-face-down stingers with some true Caruso pizzaaazzz?
PermalinkPermalink 2005-12-19 @ 12:19
Comment from: Rita Miguel Caruso [Visitor]
Hello fellows:
Yes, it's me, the wicked little Rita Miguel who
supposedly hit golf balls into people's homes.
C'mon, I'm a golfer; why in the world would I ever
hit balls into homes.
I've written a book that is soon to be published.
Respond back and I'll send you a copy.
Rita Miguel Caruso
PermalinkPermalink 2007-05-03 @ 13:30
Comment from: Wolf Two [Visitor]
Fellow golfers/fishermen, these plantations have rules. My point is this: we all make mistakes. The beach sometimes has an open season. No people and no tide. I as Hilton Head islander have hit many golf balls off the beach during the off season with no questions asked. Where the ball lands is not my problem. As a fisherman I've stood on every hole in Shipyard and have been hit 14 times in my life when I lived there. It does NOT feel good. I was not in anybody's way' the fisherman is always out of the way. Rita Miguel, my fiancee has been ridiculed due to hearsay. If you don't know facts, don't talk shit. However, your article is both humorous and telling. What in the hell is the point of talking trash about someone elses' bullshit, especially in this case where Rita Miguel DID NOT hit any houses. she did, however, try to 'sweeten' the waters with honey. What a sweetheart and I'm proud to be her man.
PermalinkPermalink 2008-01-30 @ 22:45
Comment from: HER Previous Neighbors [Visitor]
I wonder if so "Proud to be her man" is still so proud? She's back in jail for damaging property in another golf community - Shipyard .. this time she kicked out the security officer's cruiser window while in it and handcuffed. Don't believe a word of what those two say. She did everything in the Island Packet newspaper article and MUCH more. She spent 3 months in jail after that "golf" incident for that incident and more! On probation for a year left our peaceful island in April 06. Only to return for more than a mere visit in Jan 08 when she reconnected with "Proud to be her man" whom she apparently met while in jail 2-3 years ago. They're a pair. So 3 weeks after meeting him again she supposedly married him in Feb .. to only immediately start terrorizing her ex husband and his fiance. Trying to get/break into the house that he now lives in and always owned . Yes, the old neighborhood. The neighbors actually like him, quiet and takes care of his yard, plays golf at his club. With the real estate market as it is .. he couldn't move out of there fast enough. After days of her trying to break into the house and following his fiance around .. she finally got locked up for her incident in Shipyard .. she's locked up until sometime in March.
PermalinkPermalink 2008-02-22 @ 17:20

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