Posted on 10/04/2013 5:01:55 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
The moment when an angry customer punched a gas station attendant has been caught on camera and the cause of the attack was because he didn't want to pay an extra 41 cents for a cigar.
Kendrick Ruth has been arrested after surveillance footage captured him punching Yadira Lara from across the checkout counter at a Lakewood, California gas station.
NBC Los Angeles reports that Ruth tried to pay for the cigar, which was priced at $1.41, with only $1.
Ruth then threatened Lara and she hid the cigar beneath the counter at the Chevron gas station on Del Almo Boulevard.
'He just said "Well f*** this is all I have,' Lara said of the exchange.
When that didn't work, he punched Lara in the face and ran away.
Police released the footage of the September 7 incident in hopes of having the public help find the suspect.
Ruth was found at a motel in Long Beach on Wednesday and arrested for robbery and assault.
His bail is set at $100,000 and will be arraigned on Friday.
The assaulted clerk has suffered permanent damage in her eye as a result of the incident, as it caused a previous childhood injury to re-emerge.
'I just blacked out for a while, just looking for my glasses,' she told NBC 4......
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“Has anybody else noticed all the real news coverage about the States is coming out of the UK?”
Yep. If you want the truth about what’s happening in this country you have to read the Daily Mail or Telegraph. Even the commies in the Guardian cover stories the American communist press refuse to follow.
Love House. Seems like all my favorite shows involve someone with a character disorder.
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