Posted on 08/14/2011 3:28:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 36-year-old man accused of assaulting a 66-year-old woman inside a Walmart remains in the Sarasota County jail today in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Venice Police arrested Steven Renard Grant on a charge of battery on a person 65 or older late Tuesday night.
Officers say that Grant approached the woman inside Walmart, 17000 Tamiami Trail, and claimed to work for God. When the woman told him she did not think so, Grant reportedly told her she was going to Hell, screamed profanities at her, pushed her shopping cart and started throwing potatoes from the produce section at her.
Other customers reportedly came to the woman's aid until police arrived.
“This spud’s for you.”
This guy obviously was in violation of the dress code policy. Way too subtle an outfit for a WalMart potato launching agent of God.
Just sayin' ping.
Standards have been "relaxed".
Mostly that means anyone can do it, and thus the end of another industry.
He who is without sin, let him cast the first....oh, never mind.
Everybody just calm down. We don’t even know what kind of potatoes were thrown at the old lady.
You should only throw Tater Tots at the little sinners though. Fer the chirren ya know.
“Probably the story is that the guy is a loony and should have been placed in an institution years ago.”
Right. The other possibility may be that because of financial issues and/or political correctness, people have been set out into the streets who are totally disfunctional. A societal basketcase.
You’re probably closer to the mark than I was.
What a surprise: Flori-duh.
Out of curiosity, I went to a website that had photos of people at Walmart.
Perhaps we should cut the guy some slack?
After seeing some of those photos, I might lose my mind, and start chucking stuff, too!
...or run for office.
Here is one link I just found for your viewing pleasure. Maybe this is why the guy wigged out?
http://www.walmart-people.com/popular-funny-pictures.aspx
If you’re really “kinder and gentler,” you would only throw “sweet potatoes.”
Oh! We had a guy who looked exactly like that come to our little straight-laced Baptist church one Sunday a few years ago. In the middle of the sermon, he stood up and was shouting that he was a “prophet of God”. Very uncomfortable and weird. Probably not the same guy, since we were in So. Cal. then.
The rotten apricots I saw this morning in my local walmart would have had much more “squish” affect than the spud.
The observation window depolarises, revealing RIMMER. He is NOT in uniform.
RIMMER: Is something amiss?
LISTER: (Slight quaver in him voice) Amiss? God no, what could possibly be amiss?
RIMMER: You don't think there's anything amiss? I'm sitting here wearing a red and white checked gingham dress and army boots and you think that's un-amiss?
CAT: No, of course not. It's just that we thought you had gone nuts! We were tryin' to humour you.
RIMMER: I was just doing a little test -- a little test to see if you had gone crazy.
He abruptly tenses and lets out a horrible yell.
RIMMER: CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! If there is one thing I can't stand it's crazy people.
LISTER: Well we've passed the test, Rimmer. You can let us out.
RIMMER: I can't let you out.
LISTER: Why not?
RIMMER: Because the King of the Potato People won't let me. I begged him. I got down on my knees and wept. He wants to keep you here. Keep you here for ten years. CAT: Could we see him?
RIMMER: See who?
CAT: The King.
RIMMER: Do you have a magic carpet?
LISTER: Yeah, a little three-seater.
RIMMER: So, let me get this straight. You want to fly on a magic carpet to see the King of the Potato People and plead with him for your freedom, and you're telling me you are completely sane?! I think that warrants 2 hours of W.O.O. LISTER: What's W.O.O?
CAT: You had to ask.
RIMMER: With ... out ... oxygen. No oxygen for 2 hours. That will teach you to be bread baskets.
He disappears.
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