Crime & Safety
Police: Man Runs When Confronted by Store Workers
A Bronx, NY man flees from a supermarket after employees try to question him about why he was behind the service counter.
A 21-year-old Bronx man was arrested after he fled from a supermarket when employees saw him behind a service desk and attempted to question him, police said.
Darien police gave this account:
At about 9:50 p.m. Sunday, employees at Stop & Shop supermarket in the Goodwives Shopping Center, 25 Old Kings Hwy. N., saw Andrew Bradshaw behind the service desk.
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"It is believed that he was attempting to remove cigarettes from a glass case" behind the service desk, Darien police said in a news release about the incident.
When employees called out to Bradshaw, he jumped over the counter and rushed out of the store with several store personnel running after him.
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Police saw Bradshaw being chased and wrestled him to the ground after he ignored all their orders to stop fleeing.
Bradshaw was charged with attempt to commit sixth-degree larceny and interfering with an officer. He posted a $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear Feb. 8 in state Superior Court in Stamford.
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