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• Tahonee Fickes, 20, chose the closest weapon at hand to assault Kimberly Pittman, 52, inside a Walmart in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 7.
A criminal complaint filed on Oct. 27 charges that Fickes "threw a cold chicken" at Pittman, striking her on the back of the head, according to The Smoking Gun.
Fickes and Pittman are not related, and police have not determined a motive for the chicken hit.
Fickes is facing an unrelated child endangerment charge as well. [Smoking Gun, 10/29/2021]
• As Braiden Lankford, 20, and her mother, 50, argued about the "cleanliness of the house" on Oct. 23 in their home near Tampa Bay, Lankford struck her mother in the head with two tacos, The Smoking Gun reported.
When police arrived, "the victim had food debris all around her on the couch and on the back of her shirt," police reported.
The mother was not injured, but Lankford was charged with domestic battery. [Smoking Gun, 10/25/2021]