NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) - A 64-year-old woman accused of throwing hot soup at the owner of a Newton soup shop Monday faces an assault charge, police said.
The Newton woman, whose name has not been released, allegedly tossed her sample of soup at New England Soup Factory owner Marjorie Druker after being refused a spoon.
Druker’s daughter Emily Brophy says her mother told the woman that she did not need a spoon with her sample and could instead sip it out of the cup.
“If we were a big chain, sure, take what you want,” Brophy said. “But we have to be careful and count everything.”
The refusal upset the woman, who in turn was caught on surveillance video throwing her sample on Druker, police said.
The woman has been summonsed to court to face a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
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