Indians relief pitcher Joe Smith was involved in an altercation early Sunday morning at a bar in Put-in-Bay. Smith tried to walk into a bar without showing his ID, the employee at the door asked for it, and Smith responded by saying he was a player for the Cleveland Indians. The police report notes Roundhouse bar security did not accept his statement of being a Cleveland Indians player as “proper identification.”
There were lunges and people calling each other “pussy” and some light shoving as Smith was removed from the property. Cops talked to Smith and the bar employees and decided not to file any charges or issue any citations.
But that’s not the interesting part. The interesting part is that Smith was with Jack LaForce. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a relative of Allie LaForce, a sports reporter over at Fox 8. She is identified in the police report as Smith’s girlfriend. A media source in Cleveland tells Scene the two have been dating for awhile now. This is probably not how they wanted to announce their relationship to the world.
So, there’s that. When another officer asked for Smith’s ID, which another officer had already taken, Allie LaForce also played the, “He’s a pitcher for the Indians!” card.
Back to the police report for one bit of fun: Allie LaForce’s aunt was also there, and she edged her way into the conversation with cops as they tried to sort things out. She had her own ideas of sorting things out: trying to bribe them.
According to the cops, Auntie LaForce “held out a large folded stack of $100 bills to Ofc. Williams and said ‘Can you guys take a tip?’”
NewsNet5 has a copy of the police report. They did not mention in their story that Smith was with LaForce or that he and Allie are dating. Media code, or something.
This article appears in Jun 6-12, 2012.
Woooooow….Mom not the sharpest tool in the drawer I see…Bribing a cop will certainly turn on the hot water…
Joe…YOUR A RELIEVER!!!! Quit acting like a dooshbag or we will start hating you REAL QUICK…
Allie has moved on up from taking pipe from Ohio U football players to the Indians player! Wow this really hurts her rep!!!
Guess it’s only a matter of time now before STO’s Katie Witham starts doing the horizontal mambo with a player. Question is…who? LOL
Not only did they drop the “Indians pitcher” card, but also resorted to bribery as well. Shut down on both fronts…talk about STRIKING OUT, ha hah! Get it, I said striking out, you know, because he’s a pitcher for the India…..oh, never mind.
@ Adam…AHHAhaahaahahahahahaaaaahaahahaaaaa!!
FUNNY!!!!!!!
Yeah and lest we not forget….
HE’S A RELIEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Katie is married, and above that.
Years ago my father was in line to get a table at the famous Theatrical Restaurant in Cleveland. It was a Friday and there were about 10 other people waiting in line with my dad to be seated. In walks Doug Adair, a Channel 8 (maybe there’s a connection here) anchorman. He quickly mosied his way past the 10 people standing in line and asked for a table. The matre dei’ asked if he had a reservation. Doug Adair answered with “I’m Doug Adair”. The matre dei’ gave him a quick glance and replied “You’re even shorter than I thought, now please go to the end of the line and wait line everyone else”. The 5’4″ Adair was so embarrassed he quickly left the restaurant and (probably) never came back. Rich and famous people have always operated like this and I love it when they get their come-uppance. “Earth to Allie and Joe”, no one cares that you play for the Cleveland Indians–yes, my favorite baseball team since I was 6 years old, but the money you make for playing baseball (Joe) and for being good looking (Allie) is enough don’t you think? Mom or Auntie or whomever bribed the cop–you are very lucky you didn’t wind up in the “Gray Bar Hotel”. The jail at Put-In-Bay smells of stale urine and puke and the meals aren’t too hot.