Polk County Jail Rogelio Tapia, 26, was accused of assaulting a convenience store clerk with a banana and other items. A man in Des Moines, Iowa, was jailed on Monday after police said he assaulted a convenience store clerk with a banana. Rogelio Tapia, 26, got into a dispute with an unnamed person at a QuikTrip Monday morning, according to local station KCCI-TV. When a store clerk tried to intervene, witnesses said Tapia chased the clerk around the store, throwing a banana and other items at her, Patch Des Moines reported. The Des Moines Police Department posted a photo of the grim-faced arresting officer, and said on Facebook the incident was one of more than 270 New Year’s calls for police service.

Source: Huffington Post January 02, 2019 18:56 UTC