Pizza for Pot?

"Man Tries to Buy Pizza With Pot

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Police arrested a 21-year-old man early Saturday after he allegedly assaulted a pizza delivery driver who refused to take marijuana as payment for a pie, police said.

Pizza Patrol (search) driver Atif Yasin thought the man was asleep when he arrived to deliver a medium pizza and 20-ounce soda. After knocking a few times and calling the man on his cell phone, Yasin said he answered the door in his boxers.

The man took the pizza, spent a few minutes looking for money and then offered to pay with marijuana, Yasin said.

Yasin said when he told the man that he either needed money or the pizza, the man began to yell and pushed him and punched him in the face.

Officers who arrested the man said he was intoxicated, Sgt. Shannon Ruziska said.

Yasin, a 22-year-old Minnesota State University Moorhead student, did not seek medical attention for his injuries. The right side of his face was still red and swollen Saturday afternoon, he said.

The man, charged with robbery, was released from the Cass County Jail after posting $5,000 bond."

Original story printed from Foxnews.com (March 4th, 2005)