Chicken, tire iron used as weapons in fight over soda
A family disagreement over Big Peach soda ended with a Dallas man going to jail Wednesday morning.
According to a police report, 18-year-old Diamond Lydia began arguing
about the soda with a 24-year-old woman in an apartment in the 7200
block of Ferguson Road.
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He followed her into her bedroom and threw a box of chicken at her.
He grabbed a pillow and hit her with it and then climbed on top of her
and punched her in the head several times. The woman responded by
smashing a glass jar from her dresser over Lydia's head, the report
states.
A witness told police Lydia then went downstairs and grabbed a tire
iron. He shouted, "I'm going to kill you!" and tried to swing the tire
iron at the victim, who had also come back downstairs. But the report
states witness was able to grab the weapon and prevent Lydia from
seriously hurting anyone.
Paramedics treated both the suspect and the victim at the scene.
Lydia was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police are treating it as a family violence case.