Popular Front of Judea
17th August 2013, 00:24
Two ice cream truck drivers were arrested after a Midtown turf war turned ugly, cops said.
Erik Morel, 23, was serving treats out of his Mister Softee truck at 50th Street and 6th Avenue last night at around 7 p.m. when a Yogo truck pulled up, cops said.
An irate Morel then went over to his competitor’s truck and and started arguing with Sefer Tunca, 25, before stealing his ID from around his neck and ripping down the Yogo man’s vendor license.
Police arrived on scene before things got violent and began questioning both men. The Mister Softee man apparently told cops that Tunca pulled a knife on him, cops said.
That’s when Tunca came over and punched him in the face in front of police, authorities said.
Cops said no weapon was recovered.
Both men were arrested, with Tunca being charged with assault and Morel being charged with auto stripping, criminal mischief and petit larceny, cops said.
Ice cream truck drivers nearly come to blows in frozen treat tiff | NY Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ice_cream_truck_drivers_nearly_come_VJRiItPuEmTWFO HbiDvbKN)
Erik Morel, 23, was serving treats out of his Mister Softee truck at 50th Street and 6th Avenue last night at around 7 p.m. when a Yogo truck pulled up, cops said.
An irate Morel then went over to his competitor’s truck and and started arguing with Sefer Tunca, 25, before stealing his ID from around his neck and ripping down the Yogo man’s vendor license.
Police arrived on scene before things got violent and began questioning both men. The Mister Softee man apparently told cops that Tunca pulled a knife on him, cops said.
That’s when Tunca came over and punched him in the face in front of police, authorities said.
Cops said no weapon was recovered.
Both men were arrested, with Tunca being charged with assault and Morel being charged with auto stripping, criminal mischief and petit larceny, cops said.
Ice cream truck drivers nearly come to blows in frozen treat tiff | NY Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ice_cream_truck_drivers_nearly_come_VJRiItPuEmTWFO HbiDvbKN)