Police: Thief threw burrito at clerk

STOCKTON, Calif., June 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in San Joaquin County, Calif., say they are searching for a man who allegedly struck a store clerk with a frozen burrito and stole a bag of chips.

San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies said the New Country Market clerk, who was not injured, told them the man became angry after he refused to lower the price of the $2 frozen burrito, KCRA-TV in Sacramento reported Wednesday.

The man, who claimed to have only $1, threw the burrito at the clerk and fled the store with a bag of chips, the clerk told police.