Stupidelphia

The pride of South Philly

Two women from St. Louis, MO were in Philadelphia last week to watch their hometown Cardinals play the Phillies. The women, Cindy Grassi and Sandra Wacker were best friends who taught school together. After the game had ended on Thursday the two were crossing Broad St. when they were struck by an allegedly impaired hit-and-run driver who had run a red light. Cindy Grassi died from her injuries on Sunday while Sandra Wacker remains in intensive care with brain trauma, a broken leg and 2 separated shoulders.

The driver, 18 year-old Joseph Genovese, Jr. of South Philadelphia later turned himself in to police. In a televised interview on the local NBC affiliate, he claims that he was not under the influence and that the women ran out into the street while he was coming through a yellow light at the intersection. In other words, it was just a terrible accident and he is extremely remorseful.

There’s an old saying: “Youth is wasted on the young.” Does this apply to Mr. Genovese? In spades. The information age allows us an insight into the character of this South Philly ding-dong, for Mr. Genovese has a MySpace page! (See Philadelphia Daily News article for more info)

What little trinkets are on his page? Well, for instance, he is using his police mugshot as his profile picture. There are several pictures of him smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol, even though he claimed in his TV interview that he is not a drinker (he also has a pending charge for marijuana possession from last March).

One photo, apparently taken from the driver’s seat of his car shows the speedometer at 105 MPH.

He claims that he makes $250,000 a year and lists his occupation as “Chronic Dealer”.

Anyway, you get the gist.

The feelings of this dimwit’s mother regarding this situation give you the impression that the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. According to Lt. Jim McCarrick of the Philadelphia Police she “thinks the whole thing is overkill” and that “he [Genovese] just ran a red light and got into a car accident.”

For all the bragging Genovese does on his website he was anything but when he turned himself in to police on Tuesday. A police source said Genovese looked “pale-faced and kept throwing up.”

Oh yes, this tough guy is going to love prison. And prison is going to love him right back.