Police: Customer angered by dispute over price of crab cakes punches Ohio grocery clerk
By APWednesday, January 27, 2010
Police: Crabby customer slugs Ohio grocery clerk
SANDUSKY, Ohio — Police say a man in Ohio got so upset over a mistake on the price of crab cakes that he punched a grocery store manager several times and spit in his face. Authorities in Sandusky arrested 61-year-old Ralph Barr on charges of assault and criminal damaging.
Police said the store made a mistake in the price of crab cakes and offered to sell the first pound at a discounted price but the rest at the correct price.
The store manager said he was punched five or six times and head-butted.
Barr told police that the manager hit him with a price gun, but witnesses said the manager didn’t fight back.
A message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Barr’s home.
Information from: Sandusky Register, www.sanduskyregister.com
