2 arrested for brawl at buffet over crab legs

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The claws were out!

A fight for crab legs at an Alabama buffet turned into a wild brawl where hungry diners jousted with tongs and smashed plates — and ended with two of the crabby customers in cuffs, according to a new report.

Tensions at the Meteor Buffet restaurant in Huntsville boiled over Friday when the customers waited in line for at least 10 minutes for the crab legs to hit the smorgasbord — then all scuttled to serve themselves, police said.

“They’d been waiting there for the crab legs for a good 10, 20 minutes. When they finally came out, it’s very heated. Especially if someone is taking more than their fair share,” Huntsville police officer Gerald Johnson, who happened to be eating at the restaurant when the clash occurred, told WHNT News.


“There’s a woman who’s beating a man. People are moving around, plates are shattering everywhere.”

Johnson said the seafood-centric skirmish sounded like a sword fight — as the crustacean-craving combatants turned service tongs into weapons.

“It’s not something you typically hear, if you can imagine a fencing match,” he told the local news outlet.

Cops arrested customers John Chapman and Chequita Jenkins, who was dining at the $10.58-per-plate joint with her kids.