By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the Somerville Hospital last week to investigate reports of an assault that took place earlier at an unnamed restaurant on Broadway.

Upon their arrival, the officers met with the victim, who reportedly stated that he was at his station in the restaurant’s kitchen preparing meals. He said he was not pleased with the quality of the potatoes, and he approached the manager to make a complaint about them.

According to the victim, the manager informed him that he would contact the company that delivered the potatoes to complain about their quality.

The victim said that at that point, the defendant, Edgar Macias-Pasos, of Boston, who is in charge of ordering inventory for the restaurant, approached him angrily because the victim had complained about the potatoes.

A verbal argument reportedly ensued between the victim and Macias-Pasos, and as the argument escalated, the victim stated that Macias-Pasos struck him with a closed right hand. According to the victim, Macias-Pasos wore a gold ring on his right ring finger when the victim was struck.

The officers then went to the restaurant to conduct a follow up and spoke with Macias-Pasos. He stated that the victim had complained about the quality of the potatoes and said that he told the victim that he could not do anything about the potatoes at the moment.

A verbal argument broke out and, according to Macias-Pasos, the victim had pushed him, which prompted him to hit back in return.

The officers asked Macias-Pasos which hand was used to strike the victim, and Macias-Pasos raised a clenched right fist. The officers observed that there was a gold ring on his right ring finger.

The officers questioned the manager, who stated that he did not witness the altercation, but he did speak to both the victim and Macias-Pasos regarding the issue with the potatoes.

Macias-Pasos was placed under arrest on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and transported to the Somerville Police Station where he was booked in the usual manner.