The Tragic Tale of Edward Collins
Chattanooga, TN
Edward Collins, 36, told police he went into woods at 13th Avenue to relieve himself. He said when he stepped out, a black male known as “Black” shouted, “Watch out.” He said he then was struck by a maroon Plymouth Seabreeze.
He said after he got up, he made it to the back of the car but then was struck again when the driver - an Hispanic male - backed up.
Police said they located Antonio Baker - “Black,” who said Mr. Collins went running by his house and then the maroon Plymouth Seabreeze came flying by.
Black said he shouted, “Watch out, big Homie.”
He said he then saw the Hispanic male run over Mr. Collins.
“Black” said “he had heard that some streetwalker had taken this Hispanic male’s telephone and Mr. Collins told him he would help him get it back for money, but didn’t.”
A physician said the injuries to Mr. Collins were not serious.
Found in the Chattanoogan
June 8th, 2006 at 8:08 am
I’ll have an Ed Collins - shaken, not stirred!
June 8th, 2006 at 8:50 am
I used to go the the 13th street woods myself. They always had the softest leaves and the best magazines. But then we got indoor plumbing.
June 8th, 2006 at 9:26 am
See, ese, this vato say he was gonna get my phone back from that puta for a 20 rock, then he dinnit do it. I dinnit pay him or anything, but you have to show these guys or they’ll disrespect you like that all the time.
June 8th, 2006 at 10:40 am
I swear I thought I was reading a Steinbeck short there for a minute–not at all like most crime blurbs. Fascinating–made me want to learn more about the saga of Black and Big Homie.
June 8th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
you heard about the legend of Jesse James, John Henry just to mention some names .. well theres a phone stealin villian in the south today, a man named Homie from Chatanooga Tennessee .. almost sounds like the lead in song for the movie Smokey and the Bandit
June 8th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
or a song by charlie daniels!
June 9th, 2006 at 4:23 am
“Pardon me, boys, is that a Chatanooga cell phone?
By the 13th Street woods; Man, it don’t work very good.
Big Homie and Black, tryin to get Pedro’s phone back.
From a ho with a limp, who now says Pedro’s her pimp.
He drives a pimped-out Plymouth Seabreeze with blue neon lights
Tassled fringe above the windshield, chrome glass-packed tail pipes,
Ready for a rumble, but then Ed took a tumble,
Now his fender’s dented and his phone’s no where in sight…”
June 9th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
ROFLMMFAO!!!!! Ber, stop! …. oh great, now I can’t stop coughing — f*cking flu!!!
June 9th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Ber, you’ve done it again!!! LMAO!!!