Man punches Walmart employee after being stopped for shoplifting
NORWICH – A Walmart security employee was punched by a customer while intervening in a shoplifting Saturday.
The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested 23-year-old Anthony R. Botte II of Harpursville and charged him with third degree assault and attempted petit larceny, both misdemeanors.
Botte was arraigned in Town of Guilford Court and remanded to the Chenango County jail in lieu of $2,000 cash bail. Police identified a codefendant, 21-year-old Manda L. Andreas of Harpursville, as Botte’s girlfriend and charged her with attempted petit larceny before she was released.
A statement from the sheriff’s office reported, “(Botte) was caught trying to shoplift at Walmart then punched the Walmart employee who stopped him from stealing items.”
Chenango County Sheriff Lt. Richard Cobb said the couple were attempting to conceal stolen clothing beneath their own clothes when a Walmart “asset protection” employee spotted the two. Cobb said the man confronted the two defendants inside the store and asked them to turn over the stolen merchandise.
“The confrontation was tense and following a brief verbal dispute, the incident became violent when one of the defendants attacked the employee, grabbing him and striking him,” said Cobb.
Cobb said coworkers and other customers in the area came to the man’s aid and broke up the fight. He said the 34-year-old employee received only minor injuries in the fray.
Botte is scheduled to appear in Town of Norwich Court Thursday at 4:30 p.m. to answer to the charges.
The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office arrested 23-year-old Anthony R. Botte II of Harpursville and charged him with third degree assault and attempted petit larceny, both misdemeanors.
Botte was arraigned in Town of Guilford Court and remanded to the Chenango County jail in lieu of $2,000 cash bail. Police identified a codefendant, 21-year-old Manda L. Andreas of Harpursville, as Botte’s girlfriend and charged her with attempted petit larceny before she was released.
A statement from the sheriff’s office reported, “(Botte) was caught trying to shoplift at Walmart then punched the Walmart employee who stopped him from stealing items.”
Chenango County Sheriff Lt. Richard Cobb said the couple were attempting to conceal stolen clothing beneath their own clothes when a Walmart “asset protection” employee spotted the two. Cobb said the man confronted the two defendants inside the store and asked them to turn over the stolen merchandise.
“The confrontation was tense and following a brief verbal dispute, the incident became violent when one of the defendants attacked the employee, grabbing him and striking him,” said Cobb.
Cobb said coworkers and other customers in the area came to the man’s aid and broke up the fight. He said the 34-year-old employee received only minor injuries in the fray.
Botte is scheduled to appear in Town of Norwich Court Thursday at 4:30 p.m. to answer to the charges.
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