Andy Gatz Attacks Wife With Cheez-Its After Earth Day Concert

A cheez-it cracker attack sent a Palm Bay, Fla. woman to the hospital after she had the gall to go to an Earth Day concert, police said.

WKMG reports that Andy Gatz confronted his wife about going to the concert and then threw a box of Cheez-Its at her, according to police.

“A small square cracker apparently went into her right eye and caused her injury,” Yvonne Martinez, spokeswoman for the Palm Bay Police Department, told Florida Today.

The woman was treated at a local hospital's emergency room, Florida Today reports.

This story isn't the only time Cheez-Its have been implicated in a Florida crime.

Last year, News4 JAX reported on the Cheez-Itz burglar, who paused for a photo with a box of the popular snack crackers while he was breaking into someone's home.

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Comments

[-swift]

08:35 AM on 04/24/2012

Next time someone throws Cheez-its at you, you close your eyes, and open your mouth.

[Harvey32]

02:59 PM on 04/23/2012

Flori-DUH.

'Nuff said.

[TXcher]

02:19 PM on 04/23/2012

My husband threw peanuts at us! I'm still fishing peanuts out of nooks & crannies in our house.

[flyinghigh0905]

11:19 AM on 04/23/2012

The radio station in my town does an "idiot criminal of the day" segment, and the stories are almost always out of Florida. I'm sure this one was one of their stories this morning .. :-\

[freedom1947]

11:06 AM on 04/23/2012

First skittles, now we have to worry about cheez-its?

[shawman65]

09:54 AM on 04/23/2012

Anytime is a good time for a Cheesit assault!!

[BillyBob46]

03:56 AM on 04/23/2012

His Florida defense attorney will probably say that the instructions on the box said Crack er and so it's Cheez-its fault that he tried.

[BillyBob46]

03:51 AM on 04/23/2012

Maybe his attorney can get him out of the charge by stating he thougth the insrtructions on the box were Crack her.

[Killermolls44]

03:30 AM on 04/23/2012

I kind of find this hilarious and horrifying at the same time...

[Anybodyseenthepopos]

10:49 PM on 04/22/2012

This is why Oreos are round. None of those dangerous sharp edges.

[VoteObama2012]

10:47 PM on 04/22/2012

Assault and Brie in the Swiss degree.

[Brianna Cole]

01:40 AM on 04/23/2012

I do often assault people....

[VoteObama2012]

10:41 AM on 04/23/2012

With Flavor Blasted Extreme Cheddar Goldfish I hope.

[Nrawlings84]

08:48 PM on 04/22/2012

Why is it most of the weird news like this comes from fl?

[nanaofmysky]

07:48 PM on 04/22/2012

How can anyone eat that garbage? A box of cemicals. Hope he now gets jail time.What a idiot. Some people have no brains at all.

[cabinetmaniac]

09:34 PM on 04/22/2012

Actually as far as snack foods go Cheez-Its are relatively benign.

They are even kosher.

:-]

[BluebirdofUnhappiness]

10:13 PM on 04/23/2012

Which chemicals?
http://www.foodfacts.com/NutritionFacts/Wheat-Crackers/Cheez-it-Baked-Snack-Crackers-15-oz/3836
They don't have partially hydrogenatrd veg oil anymore either, I just checked.
I do agree with your last sentence, however.

[viciousvirago]

06:55 PM on 04/22/2012

I always knew Cheez Its were dangerous. Anything that color could not possibly be good for you. As to the woman going to the hospital, all she had to do is look (no pun intended) in the mirror, for God's sake.

I don't see a future for this marriage. May I recommend a good Stinking Bishop? If the wife eats it in the house, it is guaranteed to clear the guy out pellmell.

[hellyon3too]

10:38 PM on 04/22/2012

All she had to do is look in the mirror? Because, goodness knows you can see a corneal abrasion with the naked eye. Even an eye that had a cracker stuck in it.

[evecaren]

08:40 AM on 04/23/2012

Out of curiosity, what is a stinking bishop ?

[viciousvirago]

10:59 AM on 04/23/2012

A particular odios cheese made in Britain. And yes, it will clear the house out. It makes Limburger smell like roses. I do not recommend eating it because if you're married, your spouse will never kiss you again.

It needs to be packed in a radioactive container, lest the odors get out.

[dlivtx]

04:52 PM on 04/22/2012

This happened in Florida? Why am I not surprised?