Sunday, August 3, 2008

Assault With A Deadly Peanut

23-year-old Robyn Lee of Corryville, OH was charged with aggravated assault after being accused of trying to cram a peanut in the mouth of her allergic neighbor.

According to police and court records, Lee was riding in a car with a neighbor, Shenna Ferguson, when she allegedly tried to put the peanut in Ferguson's mouth.

"I told her to stop because I was very allergic to peanuts," Ferguson wrote in an affidavit. "She laughed." The women headed to the Tri-County Mall in Springdale, where Lee continued to taunt her, Ferguson said.

Lee then threw peanuts at Ferguson when the women reached the mall. They then separated, each to do their own shopping. When Ferguson went back to the car to get her ATM card, she noticed Lee was stooped near Ferguson's gold Chrysler, "messing with my tires." Upon closer inspection, Ferguson realized that her windshield wipers were torn off, the car was keyed and the tires were deflated. It was then that the fight ensued.

A judge set Lee's bond at $5,000 and ordered her to stay away from Ferguson. There were no indications that Ferguson had suffered an allergic reaction after the alleged peanut attack.


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