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Homeless man held in alleged Moon Pie attack
« on: May 26, 2008, 03:54:20 PM »


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GALESBURG, Ill. - Police in Galesburg say a homeless man is spending the holiday weekend in jail after allegedly attacking an 84-year-old man with a box of Moon Pies.

The elderly man told police he was on his way out of a dollar store on Friday when he felt something striking him repeatedly in the back. He said he turned around and saw that 53-year-old Michael Farquer was hitting him with something inside a yellow plastic bag.

The victim went back inside the store, and Farquer followed him, whereupon the staff called police. Officers determined that the weapon was a one-dollar box of Moon Pies, which they confiscated as evidence before taking Farquer to the Knox County Jail on a battery charge.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-moonpieattack,0,6669923.story

So the important question, is a moon pie a cake or a pie?  :-)