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Wild Brawl Breaks Out
at Alabama Buffet
Restaurant Over Crab
Legs, 2 People Arrested
Hungry
patrons at a
local buffet in Alabama took hangry to a
new level
when a fight broke out allegedly over crab
legs Friday.
The unex-
pected brawl went down at Meteor Buffet
in Huntsville
as diners
were waiting to feast on a freshly boiled batch of crab legs, accord- ing to multiple reports.
Among the restaurant goers was Huntsville police officer Gerald Johnson, who recalled hearing yelling and tongs clash- ing as he was just about to dive into his meal. “Literally, as I sat down and maybe took two bites out of my plate,” Johnson told WH NT 19
News. “There’s a woman who’s beating a man. People are mov- ing around,
plates are shat- tering every- where.”
“It’s not some- thing you typically hear, if you can imagine a fencing match,” Johnson
said of the guests allegedly using tongs as weapons.
As for why the altercation took place, Johnson told WHNT 19 News “Everyone was saying, ‘They cut me in line. She cut me in line. He cut me in line. I was here first.'”
“They’d been waiting there for the crab legs for a good 10, 20 minutes. When they finally came out, it’s very heat- ed. Especially if someone is tak- ing more than their fair share,” Johnson told the news station.
Following the fight, police arrested John Chapman and Chequita Jenkins, the Associated
Press reported.
Jenkins, who was at the eatery with her children, has been charged with third-degree assault and Chapman has been charged with disorderly conduct.
Chapman sus- tained a cut on his head while Jenkins was uninjured. Chapman will appear in court on March 21, WHNT 19 News reported.
A lawyer for either Jenkins or Chapman could not immediately be found. Officer Johnson told the outlet that both Chapman and Jenkins allegedly admitted to letting their temper cloud their judg- ment.
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