Michigan store employee assaulted with frozen fish: Police
The Michigan man was upset about the store's fish counter closing early due to Ramadan
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 60-year-old man was charged after allegedly using a frozen fish as a weapon during an altercation at a local Michigan fish counter, officials say.
The Warren Police Department said on April 2 at approximately 7:15 p.m., at Desi Fruit Market in Warren, the suspect, MD Jobul Hussain, became angry with a store clerk after being told the fish counter closed at 7 p.m. due to Ramadan.
MD Jobul Hussain allegedly grew angry after he was unable to buy frozen fish at a market in Michigan. (Md Manik/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
After arguing with an employee about the store's special Ramadan hours, Hussain allegedly picked up a four-pound frozen fish and began whacking the employee in the head with the herring.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"The suspect then allegedly assaulted the clerk on the head with a four-pound frozen hilsa fish," said Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido in a news release. "The hilsa fish is a kind of herring."
The employee had to be taken to the hospital following the incident.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}MD Jobul Hussain allegedly took a frozen fish and began striking the grocery store employee with it. (Abdulhamit Yasar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Hussain was arrested on a misdemeanor aggravated assault charge. He was arraigned Monday in Warren 37th District Court on a charge of aggravated assault, a one-year misdemeanor.
A judge set Hussain's bond at $5,000, and scheduled his next court date for April 27. Court records said he posted the bond and was released.
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"I never thought I’d have to say this, but if you assault someone with a fish in our county you will be prosecuted. A frozen fish is dangerous if you use it to hit someone on the head," Lucido said.