Nutella dispute lands California man behind bars
Police said Sahakian suffered "significant laceration above his left eye"
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A California man was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in jail for punching an elderly man at a store in a dispute over Nutella samples.
Derrick Gharabighi, who had been detained since the altercation last September at a Costco warehouse store in Burbank, received the sentence but was immediately released having earned credit for time served.
The 25-year-old was arrested and charged with elder abuse after punching in the face a 78-old-man who had challenged him for taking too many samples of the chocolate-hazelnut spread.
"He takes two, three of them, left one," Sahak Sahakian told local media at the time. "I want to take that one, and he catch my hand. I say, What are you doing? Let me eat this one. "
Police said Sahakian suffered "significant laceration above his left eye and swelling around the same area of his face."
Free samples are a huge attraction at Costco stores throughout the United States. Hungry shoppers can often be seen crowding around a sample table to grab free food and drinks.
