Fight in car over $3 leads to fish tank attack

[March 12, 2009]  PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities said a fight in a car over $3 in gas money led to one passenger hitting another with a fish tank and then a beer bottle.

The sheriff's office reported that an 18-year-old driver and 30-year-old passenger picked up their 26-year-old friend from a strip club on Monday night. When the driver asked for gas money, the man who had been picked up from the strip club refused to pay.

A fight between the three friends quickly escalated, and authorities said the 26-year-old man grabbed a fish tank from the back seat and began hitting the passenger. The passenger then managed to wrestle a beer bottle away and break it over the 26-year-old's head.

The driver eventually pulled over and called deputies. Both men were charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. They were being held on $10,000 bail.

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