Man arrested after throwing sandwich

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An Edwardsville man was charged with assault for allegedly throwing a sandwich at his estranged girlfriend following an argument on the Lewis and Clark Community College campus in Godfrey.

"I don't know if it was pumpernickel or what," Madison County Capt. Mike Dixon said Wednesday. "Some kind of sandwich is all we were told."

Anthony P. Henry, 26, of the 600 block of Vandalia Street, was also charged with harassment through electronic communications for allegedly texting a threat to kill the woman.

Both Henry and the woman are students, Dixon said.

The sandwich-throwing incident happened about 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday on the road in front of the McPike Building. A campus police officer arrived in time to see Henry throw the sandwich.

Dixon said sandwich, wrapped in Saran Wrap, missed its intended target.

After the argument, the woman walked away Dixon said. Dixon said Henry had sent the text message on Sept. 7 threatening to kill her.

An investigation revealed that the two had recently "ended a dating relationship," Dixon said.

Henry was arrested and taken the the Madison County Jail. Circuit Judge Richard Tognarelli set his bail at $50,000.

Henry remained in custody late Wednesday.