Man Charged With Assault After Allegedly Throwing Pizza Slice At Bystander

It is not every day that police in any jurisdiction have to deal with a victim of a pizza throwing, but it's 2017 and virtually anything can happen.

Cops in Newfoundland, Canada, were called to an incident in St John's on reports that someone had thrown a pizza slice from a car, onto a person on the street.

After launching an investigation, the police reviewed surveillance footage from the victim's home and found the 18-year-old alleged offender.

Luckily for the victim, they weren't actually hit by the flying pizza slice. But that hasn't stopped cops from charging the teen with assault, according to local news outlet VOCM.

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A separate pizza incident last year saw Newfoundland Police involved again. A woman called 911 to complain that her pizza didn't have enough cheese on it.

Constable Geoff Higdon told the St Catherines Standard: "The individual had an issue with the company she bought the pizza from, and there wasn't enough cheese, and had approached the company and didn't like whatever response they had given.

"I'm not sure if by calling us they assumed there was some sort of action we could take, or what the situation was, but of course we advised the individual they just needed to speak with the manager of the company and not the police."

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According to the newspaper, Canadian police have had an issue with inappropriate calls for some time. So much so, they called a press conference late last year to explain some of the things you shouldn't call 911 for.

They included:

• Asking for the phone number of a local tyre shop
• Making a report about a vending machine
• Asking for the non-emergency line
• Complaining a parked car is parked too close to theirs
• Reporting that a child wasn't putting their seatbelt on
• Asking how to get a basketball out of a tree
• Reporting that someone had used a roommate's toothbrush

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Constable Geoff Hidgon expressed that they also get people calling the non-emergency number to give their opinion about something that they heard on the radio or on the TV. He says it ties up resources and people's patience.

Life tip: only call the police if there is an emergency.

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Topics: Police, 911, Pizza

Stewart Perrie

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