Moon pie attack

[Unamused Cat]

GALESBURG, Ill. -- Police in Galesburg say a homeless man is spending the holiday weekend in jail after allegedly attacking an 84-year-old man with a box of Moon Pies.

The elderly man told police he was on his way out of a dollar store on Friday when he felt something striking him repeatedly in the back. He said he turned around and saw that 53-year-old Michael Farquer was hitting him with something inside a yellow plastic bag.

The victim went back inside the store, and Farquer followed him, whereupon the staff called police. Officers determined that the weapon was a one-dollar box of Moon Pies, which they confiscated as evidence before taking Farquer to the Knox County Jail on a battery charge.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/9...052608.article

[ashdavus]

[dop]

I wish I had a moonpie. :(

[Lizard]

WTF? Choice of weapon is odd enough, but what the hell was the motive? Was he worried the old guy was going to steal his Moon Pies?

[petrina]

i've been attacked by moonpies before - its called mardi gras.

[Ruby]

Mmmmmm. An RC Cola and a Moon Pie!! Yum

[ashdavus]

Mmmmmm. An RC Cola and a Moon Pie!! Yum

Great...now I'm hungry!