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Houghs Neck House whacked by off-duty statie late at night shortly after the local closing time.
Per Quincy Quarry’s sources on Houghs Neck, Neckers have been talking up a storm about an incident of attempted “housicide” in the Neck over the Labor Day weekend.
So hot was the talk about the accident on the Houghs Neck Happenings Facebook page that it was deleted by Facebook.
Damage at the scene of the house whacking
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Even so, per Quincy Quarry’s myriad of sources in places high but mostly low, it is the Quarry’s understanding that the driver of the pickup truck that struck the house was a state trooper who was apparently coming fo or going from his father’s nearby house on Stoughton Street.
As yet to be discerned one way or another, however, is whether or not any drinking may have been a factor in this after-dark accident.
Even so, Quincy Quarry will leave it to its ever-growing legions of loyal readers to assume whatever they may.
That and how they can count on the Quarry to continue to work this story.
A sober off-duty trooper is a little bit of a stretch. At the same time, the QPD then doing the right thing is definitely not gonna happen.
Who TF uses wording like this and that title?!?! Are you kidding me?!? That is one of the most idiotic titles to ANYTHING I’ve ever read. I’m telling you whoever wrote that and this article has extremely poor mental health and a slew of problems.
Say Justin, ever try reading for content?
No?
Didn’t think so.
I’ve got it! I’ll clarify it for you. Are you ready?
OK, here: “See Dick run”.
Justin, what the heck is the matter with you? Are you crazy or something? Don’t you want the facts?
Well that was an embarrassing read. Real journalists don’t toot their own horn in their articles.
That title is extremely bad. “Housicide” isn’t even a word, don’t try and make up words, you’re not Shakespeare.
“Late at night after local closing time” Those are the same two damn things. I can use common sense to get what you’re saying, but if you want to be taken seriously, just say after the bars closed.
“Now internationally covered…” Where? What international entity covered and cited your poorly done article about a local cop crashing into a house?
“Ever growing legions of loyal readers” Embarrassing. What are you, a middle school girl’s blog?
“So hot was the news that it got deleted from Facebook” That’s because you’re not seen as a trustworthy source.
And your constant bragging of sources and poor attempt at humor? Wow.
You’ve made the article about yourself instead of just facts, there’s actually only 1 factual sentence that can be pulled from this, “an off duty state trooper crashed into a house in Hough’s Neck.”
Be better, this writing is an embarrassment.
Whitey,
Interesting choice of a tag.
Moving along, misthink what you may, media outlets often cite who broke a story, including themselves when such is the case. Plus, at the end of the day it’s all about eyeball counts no matter what J-schools foist.
Next, “Housicide” was placed within quotes so as to convey it was a created word so as to help convey what happened.
Next, also misthink what you may, “Late at night after local closing time” well places the time of the accident and which QPD data and personal statements indicate occurred shortly after 1:30 AM.
In any event, the Quarry is pleased to know that this phrasing forced you to think, even if for but a brief moment.
“Now internationally covered…” — do you not know how to use hyperlinks? Granted, Translogistics may not be the Times of London, it is a United Kingdom-based major source of news about matters related to transportation.
And as for the Quarry’s “(e)ver growing legions of loyal readers,” you would be surprised as to just who all follows the Quarry, not that you are likely to be able to fathom Google Metrics and such — much less will you ever have access to the Quarry’s metrics for reasons obvious to most anyone other than you, that is.
Next up, can you spot the errata in the following passage from your post, including the omitted punctuation? After all, if you are going to critique the Quarry’s writing, turnabout is thus only fair play.
“”So hot was the news that it got deleted from Facebook’ That’s because you’re not seen as a trustworthy source.”
Next up, are you really saying that striving to score and then citing sources as well as brightening Quarry readers’ days are bad things?
Similarly, just what — exactly — is wrong with providing a different slant on the news? Also note that the Quarry had nothing to do with what all went down in ways troubling. But sure, if you so prefer, feel free to watch the flat newsreading on NECN.
Truth be told, the real embarrassments are what Kevin did and then how it would clearly appear that some within the Quincy Police Department then tried to do him a solid or at least were wicked sloppy.
Fortunately, what all transpired is instead being exposéd and which is at the forefront of what the press is supposed to do.
Mr. Hinds,
It is not the Quarry Quarry’s fault that the underlying set of events gave rise the Quarry’s text.
Next, are aware of the fact that Quincy Quarry broke this story or that it was then investigated by Boston 25 Investigates and so found to be fraught with problems, including the clear appearance of improprieties by the Quincy Police Department?
Further, if you review the whole of the Quarry’s coverage, you will see that the story was picked up by an international publication.
Further yet, even the Boston Globe deigned to cover this breaking badly story from South of Boston.
And finally, the title for this Quarry story does a solid job of explaining things in but 17 words. All things considered,as far as things often go in the Q, such is a model of journalistic parsimony.
Hey Justin,
The only people with mental health issues and a slew of problems seem to be YOU, the State Trooper, and the QPD. Take your donut break and GFY!
Say, Whitey, um, ah, what about the story?
No “in depth” commentary about what happened, only a critique of the delivery by the QQ, eh?
Fred,
FYI: some along the thin Blue Line have thin skins.
Half of the Quincy Police are political hacks and are dirty, like the now-retired Captain DiBona who led a raid on my house at the behest of some corrupt Boston Police officers and which entailed 6 cruisers, an unmarked car, and a dog unit. Dibona forced his way into my home, had me detained outside in my underwear, searched my home, and seized my duly licensed pistol, all without a search warrant, when I asked for a receipt for the pistol, he said “you ain’t getting one” and then added, “if you think you are going to challenge us or sue, you can go f–k yourself.”