Man charged with slapping toddler now out of a job

[Zorro]

Source: AP

A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday.

Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, is no longer an employee of AGC Aerospace and Defense, Composites Group, Daniel Keeney of DPK Public Relations confirmed Sunday night.

Al Haase, president and CEO of AGC, issued a statement early Sunday that, while not referring to Hundley by name, called reports of behavior by one of its executives on recent personal travel "offensive and disturbing" and said he "is no longer employed with the company." Keeney would not say whether Hundley was fired or resigned. Hundley was president of AGC's Unitech Composites and Structures unit.

Hundley was charged last week in federal court in Atlanta with simple assault for allegedly slapping the 2-year-old boy during the Feb. 8 flight. His attorney, Marcia Shein, of Decatur, Ga., said Saturday that Hundley will plead not guilty. The charge carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/man-charged-slapping-toddler-now-job-025640670.html

[virgogal]

1. Some good news to close out the week-end.

[Divernan]

2. This should be prosecuted as a hate crime.

And I suggest legislation that anyone convicted of a hate crime be barred from purchasing or possessing firearms.

[cstanleytech]

3. Might wanna throw in barring the consumption of alcohol after a conviction as well.

Might go a long way to reducing a chance of a repeat like this guy had.

[dixiegrrrrl]

15. That's what I thought, too.

If he had been traveling on COMPANY business, the company could have been sued, and they know it.
Glad they got rid of a future liability.
Wonder if this was just the final straw of drinking related problems...

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[Politicalboi]

4. That's a cushy job to lose

How does one plead not guilty with ALL those witnesses.

[greiner3]

8. If fo some reason;

He is found not guilty in court, he'll sue to get his job back; and win.

[jambo101]

5. Great news..

The guy looks like the quintessential angry old white guy whose been used to people jumping at his command for way too long.Slapping an 18 month old for crying carries a very large negative karma account.

[Nay]

16. Indeed. His karma is effin' SHOT. He'll be returning as...a cockroach.

[pansypoo53219]

6. sounds like they were waiting for an excuse.

[Kolesar]

7. Idaho--he was an aerospace/weapons industry boy of privilege

AGC probably was a supplier to Raytheon. TS, Hundley

[marshall]

9. Maybe Alec Baldwin can hire him

Haters stick together.

[maddiemom]

10. You mean Stephen Baldwin.

[obamanut2012]

11. Alec Baldwin isn't a racist

[marshall]

12. He had a very recent run in with a reporter of color

http://gawker.com/5984984/photographer-says-alec-baldwin-called-him-coon-and-crackhead

A very stressful encounter on both sides, similar to Mel Gibson's incident.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

21. A run in with the New York Post? Please.

[magical thyme]

13. good riddance

His behavior caught up with him. Multiple witnesses to the rude comments that he denies. Multiple witnesses to the slapping that he denies. Multiple witnesses to the drinking that he denies.

The corporation wasted little time suspending him pending the investigation, and is well rid of him. He had a history of a drunken violence arrest that he got out of. Not this time.

Lawyers *always* have you plead not guilty, to leave room for a plea bargain.

[sfwriter]

19. Defense money connection... I'm betting they don't want the gravy boat overturned.

Just a little 2+2 here... This a-hole's company got $4 million in defense money from Republican pork in 2010 thanks to Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) - Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID).

FBI: Man slapped crying 'n****r baby' sitting next to him on a plane
http://now.msn.com/joe-rickey-hundley-allegedly-used-a-racial-slur-and-slapped-a-toddler-during-a-flight

N. Idaho exec charged with slapping child on plane
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/feb/15/n-idaho-exec-charged-slapping-child-plane/

Idaho aerospace alliance takes off: Alliance aims to secure share of hot industry
http://www.relocatetoidaho.org/news-events/idaho-aerospace-alliance/

Unitech Composites and Structures Inc. - Earmarks Received
http://www.legistorm.com/earmarks/details/organization/4171/Unitech_Composites_and_Structures_Inc_/page/1/sort/bill/type/asc/year/all.html

[davidthegnome]

14. He could still have a future in politics.

Or maybe talk radio.

What a monster.

[Burma Jones]

17. Ol' Joe Ricky is about to get his ass sued

Good thing this guy seems to have had a well paying job.....He should be impoverished if only for our amusement.

What a Moran......

[Mason Kennedy]

20. He should get many years in jail

10 or so. Idiotic coward.