Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Authorities seek catfish-wielding assailant

The Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a “blonde heavy frame female” who allegedly attacked a restaurant employee with a catfish Friday evening in Bulls Gap.

Diner employee Tina Henry and owner Dwight Jenkins told police that a stocky blond female standing 5 feet 5 inches or 5 feet 6 inches tall attempted to stuff a catfish dinner in her purse and then pay her bill without paying for the catfish dinner.

“Tina states that as the suspect was paying, they told her she would have to pay for the dinner in her purse,” Lafollette stated in his report. “She (the suspect) then became mad, throwing money at the cash register. The suspect then walked outside, and Tina and Dwight followed.

“The suspect then threw the fish out of her purse at Tina, hitting her in the back.”

Henry was not injured in the catfish attack, but the catfish dinner was ruined. The dinner had a price tag of $7.99.

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