Man arrested for punching elderly man at Costco over Nutella

Some people really love hazelnut chocolate spread and sometimes that love makes them do crazy, or in this case criminal, things.

CBSLA.com reported that authorities in Burbank, California arrested 24-year-old Derrick Gharabighi for punching 78-year-old Sahak Sahakian as the two were sampling Nutella at their local Costco.

The older man said he was reaching for a Nutella waffle sample when he noticed Gharabighi taking multiple samples off the table. Sahakian then said something to Gharabighi about eating so many and that’s when the younger man allegedly hit him in the face.

“He takes two, three of them, left one,” Sahakian recalled. “I want to take that one and he catch my hand. I say, ‘What are you doing? Let me eat this one.’ He hit me and the blood started.”

Sahakian was hospitalized with a laceration and swelling above his left eye.

Gharabighi was taken into custody and charged Tuesday with one count of elder abuse. Time noted that he has plead not guilty to the charge and is being held on $50,000 bail.

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