FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS (2019) | Movie

BOSON MA (AP) — A local man is facing charges after police say he became enraged that he and his wife did not qualify for a federal stimulus check UBI payment of $1,200 per person. The couple both work in the family fish store in the Alehusband neighborhood. The Fish Shack has been in the Johnson family for three generations.As a food outlet the business has been allowed to stay open during shut downs. Fried fish and french fried potatoes are a staple in the area. The Fish Shack is doing deliveries and pick up and customers can also buy fish and a few other foods in the small shop.Philip Johnson now runs the business as a non-profit to "keep the family tradition alive and help the neighborhood." His wife who 'volunteers' in the store gets a small disability income from the government. Since Philip Johnson claims he is also a volunteer at the Fish Shack non-profit he had no income last year. Mr. Johnson realized that the couple did not file a federal income tax return last year because their income was below $14,000 and they did not have to file."But," Philip Johnson explained later, "that means we won't be getting the checks from the government. I let my wife handle all that stuff. I don't remember her telling me we didn't have to file last year.""I told him," his wife said when she came to bail him out. The Boson Police were called to the Fish Shack on Saturday, 4 April 2020, after reports of an argument between the fishmonger and the fishmonger's wife where he allegedly dumped a five gallon bucket of fish refuse onto his wife's head. He then threw a tray of bread crumb batter at the woman.The wife told police that Philip had come into the back of the shop around 5 p.m. with a four pack of beer and "upset because we did not qualify for the stimulus check."According to police, the 53-year-old Johnson impulsively upended a bucket of fish heads onto his wife and then stormed out the back door saying, "I'm going to see a man about a horse!"Police say officers later found Philip Johnson walking down the street, his clothes soaked in fish water and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Officers also discovered the victim, her hair and pajamas soaked in fish parts on the floor inside the Fish Shack.Philip Johnson has been charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, and aggravated battery against a household member and improper disposal of fish waste. No attorney was listed for him in online court records.