A Shut-In Says "Shut Up" and is Shut Up

One of the things that my mother-in-law hates is the phrase "Shut Up." Which is bad because I say that a lot. With 4 kids, there's a lot of shutting up to do, and the only way to bring that about is by saying screaming “SHUT UP!”

But now I'm thinking that she may have a point. According to the Associated Press, a resident of a in Fayette County in southwestern Pennsylvania, was charged with criminal homicide in the death of a man he allegedly pushed off a porch.

Craig A. Geness, 39, pushed fellow resident Ronald Fiffik off a porch wall at the McVeys Personal Care Home on Oct. 27, after Mr. Fiffik told him to shut up.

Mr. Fiffik was treated and released from Uniontown Hospital on Oct. 27, but was later readmitted after he complained of chronic pain. Doctors found that he had suffered massive internal bleeding because of fractured ribs suffered in the fall. He later went into respiratory failure as a result of his injuries and died after being taken off a ventilator last week.

Mr. Geness was being held at the Fayette County Prison on $50,000 bond.

When reporters questioned Uniontown hospital officials about why Mr. Fiffik was released despite his having massive internal bleeding, they were told to shut up.