SANDUSKY, Ohio — An Ohio man was arrested over the weekend after authorities said he struck a Sandusky pub patron’s face with a slice of pizza.
According to WJW-TV, the incident occurred Sunday evening at Daly’s Pub on Columbus Avenue. A patron told Sandusky police that he and another man were eating at the restaurant when the suspect, later identified as 37-year-old Matthew Baker of Sandusky, approached them and put a piece of their pizza into his mouth, the news outlet reported. Police said the suspect, who appeared to be intoxicated, then slapped “the victim in the face with his hand and the pizza,” the Sandusky Register reported.
Following the altercation, “several patrons” tried to restrain Baker until police arrived, the police report said.
Officers said they responded and interviewed the victim, who said he did not know Baker or why the man attacked him, according to WJW. Although the patron appeared to be unharmed, pizza sauce remained on his face, the police report said.
Authorities said Baker, who declined treatment after claiming that 15 people tried to jump him “for no reason,” smelled like alcohol, was slurring his speech and had “bloodshot, glassy eyes,” according to the police report. He was arrested on misdemeanor charges of assault and disorderly conduct while intoxicated, officers said.
Baker remains in the Erie County Jail, where he is being held on a $1,650 bond, the Register reported late Monday.
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