Hot Dog Vendor Eric Kilmer Attacked Rival With Cart (VIDEO)

Albuquerque hot dog vendor Eric Kilmer faces a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after police say he rammed his food cart into a competitor.

A hot dog vendor in Albuquerque, N.M., is accused of being a little hot-headed when dealing with a rival -- by running over the competition's foot with his cart.

Albuquerque police have charged Eric Kilmer with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon -- a felony -- after he rammed his hot dog cart into rival vendor Vincent Montoya and ran over Montoya's legs and feet, KOB-TV reported.

The weenie war steamed up because the two vendors work the sidewalks in front of the city's Metro Court -- a hot place to sell hot dogs, according to locals.

Kilmer appeared in court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his lawyer, Shannon Robinson, said the whole incident was an accident.

"If this was a vehicle it would have been a traffic accident," Robinson told KOB-TV. "We feel like at the worst it was a misunderstanding. We believe it was an accident from the beginning. Sad to say, you know how competitive it is out there."

That excuse didn't cut the mustard with Montoya, who said Kilmer was relishing the chance to muscle in on his turf.

"I freaked out," Montoya told KOB-TV. "I mean it happened so quick, it was like -- is this really happening? The adrenaline was pumping so fast, I couldn't believe it!"

Montoya claimed he still hurts from the run-in with the hot dog cart.

"I'm still a little sore," Montoya said. "My legs are sore, my back is hurting, but other than that I'm able to come out here and open my cart. Business still has to go on, right? Unfortunately, I can't stop."

The judge ordered Kilmer to stay away from his hot dog carts at the courthouse, but he will be able to conduct other business at the court. Ironically, he's also a bail bondsman, and now has a $2,500 bond of his own, as well a 1985 conviction for aggravated battery, similar to the felony charge he faces now.

If Kilmer is convicted, he could face up to three years in prison, according to Associated Press.

Meanwhile, Wednesday's opening salvo in the weenie wars has other vendors like coffee cart owner Julieta Chavez in a pickle.

"I'm out here by myself and I don't want something like that to happen to me as well," she said. "You don't want violence."

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Comments

[tjtotim]

05:44 PM on 04/29/2012

i thought they call it sword fighting

[dennismcmh]

12:33 PM on 04/29/2012

That one dude has a meaner wiener than the victim.....I think he was just hoping that their wiener carts never MEAT on the same street !!!

[Squiriferous]

10:01 PM on 04/28/2012

Something tells me this irate wiener-slinger won't like the hot beef injections they serve up in the county lockup.

[sparkgap49]

09:24 PM on 04/28/2012

I'll have to protect my weenie from now on!

[davyjones2112]

01:46 PM on 04/28/2012

Face up to three years, wow , along time to be chili 'n the clinck.

[simplyriki]

01:20 PM on 04/28/2012

Looks like there are quite a few PUN-dits commenting on this story.

[Squiriferous]

10:14 PM on 04/28/2012

Groan. Nice work.

[bob riversmith]

09:54 AM on 04/28/2012

My pink meat slurry is better than your pink meat slurry!
=D

[Tony Sanchez]

01:07 AM on 04/28/2012

The victim went bunnanaz.

[Clark Nova]

09:22 PM on 04/27/2012

No story from KOB-TV should ever be trusted.

[smp276dp]

06:25 PM on 04/27/2012

I'll say it again. People have lost their minds.

[livingdangerously]

01:10 PM on 04/30/2012

When there is no financial relief, there's no mental comfort - for most Americans. Being a hot - dog vendor and attacking your competition probably means this guy is living very close to the edge financially.

[smp276dp]

01:32 PM on 04/30/2012

My wife works in a mental hosptial. I will dispute that in a heart beat.
Not saying it is not true. But there are other reasons.

[stlbrz]

06:12 PM on 04/27/2012

Albucrazy.

[viciousvirago]

05:17 PM on 04/27/2012

Did they have to say weenie war? I'm conjuring some images that I don't want to see.

[jgfsmf]

06:25 PM on 04/27/2012

Crap, now I've got that image in my head. Thanks a lot.

[viciousvirago]

07:06 PM on 04/27/2012

Mr. Kilmer looks like a big weenie man to me. Good looking. I'm guessing Mr. Montoya protected his weenie cart since Mr. Kilmer just managed to injure Mr. Montoya's foot/feet.

Looks like Mr. Kilmer is top weenie in this one.

Hey, I'm bored and my son is away on a field trip and I have the whole house and pool to myself. I have to do SOMETHING to amuse myself. I'm starting to look at kitchen appliances in a weird way..wait a minute. You know of course I was speaking about baking cake, right?

[Politidelic]

02:35 PM on 04/27/2012

he was just thinking outside the bun.

[Dan Legge]

01:47 PM on 04/27/2012

I can see a new reality show based on this incident;"Weiner Wars" comeing this fall.

[bob40wil]

05:10 PM on 04/27/2012

I was thinking the same thing, crap.

[loopsparky]

01:33 PM on 04/27/2012

Boys fighting about their weiners?