A North Carolina man is facing assαult charges after he allegedly stαbbed a 
store clerk over Cheetos.
Authorities allege that Thomas Earl Mercer, 33, attempted to swipe a bag of jalapeno flavored Cheetos when he was spotted by the store clerk. During a confrontation, Mercer allegedly brandished a knife and stαbbed the female clerk.
The alleged assault occurred at around 3AM at a Stop ‘N Shop in Raleigh.
Mercer faces charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and assαult with a deαdly weapon with intent to kιll, reports local affiliate WRAL.
The clerk was taken to the hospital where she was treated for non-life threαtening injuries.
Mercer’s bond has been set at $250,000.
This is not the first odd crime in recent weeks.
News3 reports that a Memphis man was arrested earlier this month for attαcking another man with a crowbar over $20.
Investigators say James Warren admitted to beαting his sister’s boyfriend with a crowbar during an argument over $20.
Alleged victim James Howard told police that after the argument the two left the home, but a little later Howard came back and said Warren was standing in the driveway with a crowbar, and that’s when he was attαcked.
Howard claims he tried to get away from Warren, but Warren pummeled him about the head and face with the tool he was using as a weapon: “He was trying to kιll me with that crowbar.”
Howard was taken to the hospital and listed in critical condition.
Warren is charged with aggrαvated assαult and attempted mυrder.
