Birthday Cake Attack: Robert Fredrickson, Wash. man, arrested after scuffle over cake at courthouse
(CBS/AP) PORTLAND, Ore. - A man was arrested at a Southwest Washington courthouse Tuesday after he smashed a 9-year-old's birthday cake in a scuffle caught on surveillance video, reports CBS affiliate KOIN.
A woman reportedly brought a cake for her daughter into the Cowliz County Hall of Justice courthouse, to keep her dog from eating it in the car.
Soon after the woman put the cake on a table, a man walking right behind her, identified as 50-year-old Robert Fredrickson, reportedly smashed his hand into it and ate it. A deputy askedFredrickson to stop but he continued, lunging at the cake instead.
Deputies reportedly took the man to the ground and wrestled him before handcuffing him.
KOIN reports the Fredrickson was arrested on third-degree theft charges, a misdemeanor.
A local grocery offered to replace the cake.
