Florida guy allegedly whacks retailer worker with Bible on Easter

A Florida guy was once arrested after he allegedly assaulted a Walgreens retailer supervisor with a Bible on Easter Sunday.

Peter Owens, 35, was once arrested and charged with prison battery after the incident that spread out at a Walgreens retailer in Clearwater Seashore on March 31, consistent with an arrest affidavit from the Clearwater Police Division.

Consistent with the affidavit, Owens entered the Walgreens retailer simply after 11:30 p.m. to buy a couple of headphones when he were given right into a verbal altercation with a shop worker over the products.

The argument escalated after the worker were given the shop supervisor concerned. Owens then allegedly smacked her within the face with a Bible after she requested him to go away the shop.

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Officers additionally stated that this was once no longer Owens’ first run-in with the legislation. He has one prior conviction for battery and was once convicted on that price in March 2020, consistent with the affidavit. 

Police had been in a position to find Owens in a while after and take him into custody. He informed police that he hit the shop supervisor together with his Bible as a result of “she was once being impolite to him,” the affidavit stated, including that “he didn’t imply to hit her.” 

Owens was once launched from the Pinellas County Prison tomorrow after posting $5,000 bond. 

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FILE- A Florida guy allegedly smacked a Walgreens worker with a Bible on Easter Sunday after she requested him to go away the shop. (AP Picture/Marta Lavandier)

Then again, Owens’ crime spree didn’t forestall there.

Not up to 24 hours after his unencumber, Owens was once arrested once more.

Consistent with a testimony from the Tarpon Springs Police Division, Owens allegedly stole males’s sneakers and a field of Cheez-Its from Walmart. 

The affidavit described that Owens allegedly grabbed the snack and took it into the toilet with him prior to settling on a couple of brogues from a shelf and ripping the tag off them. He then attempted at the sneakers prior to allegedly shoving them inside of a duffle bag. 

After Peter Owens was once arrested for allegedly smacking a Walgreens worker with a Bible, he posted bond and walked loose. He wound up in prison once more, lower than 24 hours later, after he allegedly swiped sneakers and field of Cheez-Its from Walmart. (Fox 35/Pinellas County Sheriff’s Place of work)

Owens was once stopped by means of a loss prevention officer when he allegedly walked out of the shop with out paying.

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Police had been notified and Owens was once arrested as soon as once more and transported to the Pinellas County Prison. As of Wednesday afternoon, he stays in custody on $150 bond, consistent with prison information.