Macomb County man whacks clerk with frozen fish

A Macomb County man was charged with striking a grocery store clerk over the head with a frozen fish. Credit: Shutterstock

Warren police reeled in a suspect accused of whacking a grocery store employee across the head with a four-pound frozen fish.

MD Jobul Hussain, of Warren, was charged Monday with one count of aggravated assault.

Macomb County prosecutors say Hussain was angry that a clerk at Desi Fruit Market on Nine Mile Road wouldn’t sell him a fish at about 7:13 p.m. on Sunday. The clerk told Hussain that the fish counter closed at 7 p.m. because of the Ramadan holiday.

Hussain is then accused of picking up a frozen hilsa fish — a kind of herring — and striking the clerk across the head.

The clerk was taken to the hospital.

“I never thought I’d have to say this, but if you assault someone with a fish in our county you will be prosecuted,” Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said in a statement Wednesday. “A frozen fish is dangerous if you use it to hit someone on the head.”

Hussain was arraigned in Warren District Court and given a $5,000 personal bond.

Hussain faces up to one year in prison.

The next court hearing has not yet been scheduled.

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