(Above: Video from Seattle TV station KOMO of what I am about to describe.)
What do you do when you’re bored and have nothing else to do? Invent a game called Strip Rock Toss, head out onto a freeway overpass with your girlfriend and try it out.
From the Associated Press, via The Daily News:
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Troopers have arrested a man and a woman suspected of damaging at least 14 vehicles by throwing rocks onto them from a railroad trestle over Interstate 5 near Lakewood, Wash., as a part of a bizarre stripping game.
Trooper Guy Gill says 23-year-old Joshua N. Sizemore and 18-year-old Amanda L. Madison were tossing baseball-sized rocks from the trestle early Monday. Sizemore, of Tacoma, and Madison, of Lakewood, were booked into the Pierce County Jail in Tacoma, Wash., for investigation of malicious mischief and second-degree assault.
Sizemore and Madison were tracked down by troopers on the ground with assistance from a State Patrol airplane which captured video of the couple throwing rocks. Investigators say Madison was in her underwear when police caught up with the couple.
Investigators say the couple was playing a stripping game, the rules of which involved Madison shedding a layer of clothes for every left headlight the two managed to bust. The same rule applied to Sizemore and right headlights.
Gill says the vehicles that were hit included a State Patrol cruiser. One person was injured when a rock crashed through the window and bruised his arm. He did not need to be hospitalized.
I am at a loss for words. I shall wear a football helmet while driving America’s freeways now.
Oh wow…something like that happened to my dad when I was little. We were driving home from church and a kid threw a rock at his windshield. It didn't come through the windshield, (thank goodness) but it caused a lot of damage.
this actually happened to me driving up I-5 to see my parents. I was pregnant with my daughter and it was just past Longview going north. Out of nowhere we saw a rock come down from the overpass and hit my windshield. Within a day it was cracked all the way across with a huge smash mark similar to the cab pictured up top. Nobody was ever caught unfortunately :(
I am the mother of Amanda Madison, I have read many different replies to the actions of my daughter. I do not condone what she did nor do I support such behavior. I know for a fact that if Amanda never would have gotten in with such a crowd, this never would have happened from her. I would like to apologize to the public and to those who were affected by her actions. Amanda was raised to be a good person in life. I keep in contact with her and she tells me how sorry she is. She has even written to me stating that shes glad to be going to jail so then she could get her life together. Amanda was very much controlled by the person with whom she was hanging out with and I tried so hard to get her to come home. There are laws that protect young teenage girls and the law was not on my side. The law is that a young teen age girl can hang out with over age men with in a 3 year span before they turn 18. Amanda was only 17 and the law was not on my side. She had just turned 18 when this happened. I tried to stop her hanging out with guy’s that were introducing her to drugs. I believe that if the laws were different, that night never would have happened. I love my daughter very much and it breaks my heart to even say that I wish this never happened and that the law could have been on my side to keep drug addict over the age men away from her. I don’t ask for sympathy, but understanding and prayer that Amanda see’s the rite ways of life.
Well Katie, I can honestly tell you that although your daughter made a dumb choice, we’re ALL guilty of having made our own stupid wrong decisions in life that affected others.
That fact alone is good reason to honor your request that we pray for your daughter. I’ll definitely do so, and I hope she turns it around soon. Blessings to you!
My name is Diana and I am the mother of Joshua Sizemore, I agree with what Amanda’s mother said because if Amanda had not been there this incident would not have happened. I also want to say that Joshua was not Amada’s boyfriend. Joshua and his friends were celebrating his admittance to college. Amanda was there at the party. When Amanda wanted to go for a walk Joshua went with her to make sure that she would be OK. I am not sure how Joshua and Amanda ended up on the bridge or what possessed them to do what they did. Yes, this was a STUPID thing to do but ruining two kids’ lives with 4 YEARS of PRISON time is too harsh.
I also wanted people to know a few things about my son. First, Joshua is a kind and generous young man, and I know that he would not and did not deliberately set out to hurt anyone. Secondly, Joshua has been homeless in the past and was known to given homeless young people (MEN and WOMEN) a place to stay. Thirdly, Joshua has allowed runaways to stay while they try to reconnect with their families.
Joshua is my son and I know him better than anyone else does. This is an extremely difficult situation for everyone involved. I am tremendously sad and broken hearted about what he did, and I know Joshua’s heart is broken as well. I wished those who judge my son knew him because I firmly believe that I they did they would see what I and everyone who knows him sees a young generous and caring person.
As a parent I can understand the pain Diana and Katie must be feeling but these were conscious decisions made by Amanda and Joshua. Everyone needs to be accountable for their actions and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that throwing rocks at cars on a freeway can result in seriously hurting someone. Knowing that possibility, they “both” still chose to throw the rocks. As far as I’m concerned, their actions are inexcusable and they should step up and take responsibility and accept the penalty.
I am not a cold-hearted person, I’m just a strong believer that one of the downfalls of our society today is always making excuses and not teaching accountability.