Posted on 02/25/2009 12:49:40 PM PST by SmithL
A man was unconscious at Highland Hospital on Tuesday evening after he was beaten with a tire iron and a metal pipe in a dispute over burritos at Juan's Place restaurant in west Berkeley, police said.
Berkeley Police spokeswoman Sgt. Mary Kusmiss said two Juan's Place employees were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the 4:30 p.m. incident.
Police did not release the name of the victim or those suspected of beating him.
Kusmiss said the incident started when three men who had been drinking entered Juan's Place and inquired about free food, which they often received at the restaurant.
An argument followed and two of the three men brandished a knife and a belt. Two Juan's Place employees then chased the men and beat one of them in front of several witnesses, Kusmiss said.
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Police detain suspects in the beating of a man outside Juan's Place restaurant in west Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Two Juan's Place employees were arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after they beat the man with a metal pipe and a tire iron following a dispute over burritos, police said. The victim was unconscious at Highland Hospital in Oakland Tuesday evening. The victim and his two friends allegedly brandished a knife and belt before being beaten, police said.
The owner should bail them out and promote them.
A canoli...maybe. A burrito no way.
Sounds like a clean case of Justifiable Ass Kicking to me. Let ‘em go.
Calzone Complaint Leads To Assault (Restaurantuer Attacks Man Who Dissed Calzone)
A mexican beating another mexican senseless over a burrito? ...in Berkeley?
Nothing to see here.
Ah, the good old "No Free Burrito Beatdown".
You gotta love the classics.
Ban burritos.
“Drop the Chalupa!”
So why were they getting free food? And as with any stray animal, keep putting out the free food and they come to demand it before too long.
Sounds like this genius will be taking his burritos through a straw for a few weeks.
leave the gun, take the canolis
Another case of no good turn goes unpunished. The dumb asses just lost their free lunch.
Milano was a hit man on the Witness Protection Program. Should’ve stayed in NY with all that publicity.
Of course a burrito is only dangerous after you eat it.
Seriously?
Yes. I heard about this two(?) weeks ago and it went silent on the radio.
Not smart. I guess you can take the boy out of the mafia, but not the mafia out of the boy.
How's about a nice calzone?
Pizzeria owner accused of beating man over calzone (WPBF 1/28/09)
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