Stafford County man who pulled knife over taco complaint gets one year
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - A Fredericksburg man who pulled out a knife and lunged at restaurant employees during a dispute over a taco will spend a year behind bars.
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Octavious Hodges, 39, was reportedly upset about the kind of taco he’d been given and the price of items on a Taco Bell menu when he began arguing with an employee during the January incident.
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The argument escalated until Hodges pulled out the knife and lunged at the employee twice.
When the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene, they found the weapon in a grassy area nearby the eatery on Warrenton Road.
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He was initially charged with attempted malicious wounding, assault, disorderly conduct, and obstruction of justice.
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