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When the clerk told the man he needed one, police said he walked over and said "Here, I will use this as a mask" before wiping his face and nose on the face of the clerk's shirt. Footage released by the Holly Police Department shows the man walking to the clerk and wiping his nose and face on her shirt. Police said the man “continued to be loud and disruptive inside the store” before he left in a white van.

SUMTER, S.C. - A woman who allegedly licked her hands and touched food items and several surfaces at a South Carolina grocery store and sandwich shop was arrested. Shenir Gibson Holliday was taken into custody Saturday after Sumter police responded to reports of a suspicious person at an IGA grocery stor e. Police said surveillance footage from the store showed Holliday, 38, licking her hands and coughing before touching food items and freezer doors. The incident came after the manager of a Sub Station II sandwich shop said a woman was seen licking coins and putting them back in the...

A man was arrested after he allegedly coughed and spit on produce at a grocery store in Kingston, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The unidentified 65-year-old man could face charges after witnesses said they saw him cough and spit on food at the Stop and Shop located at 160 Summer Street, according to Boston 25 News. “It’s terrifying and no one should ever do that, even if it is a joke,” said Kyle Mann, who recorded video footage of customers tackling and pinning the suspect to the ground. “Especially with the CDC now recommending everyone wear face masks, someone doing this makes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awhgm2jlk2o&feature=emb_title A group of Massachusetts shoppers tackled a man and pinned him to the ground until police arrived after catching him allegedly coughing and spitting on produce, fanning coronavirus fears. Cell phone video shot from inside a Stop & Shop in Kingston on Saturday showed at least three men on top of the man as in the produce aisle. “Don’t try and get up,” one of the shoppers tells the man pinned to the floor. Witnesses told police they spotted the 65-year-old man from Duxbury, whose name was not released by authorities, coughing and spitting on produce. Kyle Mann, an 18-year-old shopper from...

A video shows a man taking a swig from bottles of soft drink in a supermarket before putting them back on the shelf in order to ‘spread coronavirus’. The clip features an African-American male carrying out the disgusting act while his friend who is filming him states, “We spraying that S#!t with coronavirus.” The man drinks from three different bottles during the 18 second video. A Twitter user posted the video with the words, “He wants to be famous. Here you go you POS.” The stunt is similar to the recent ‘coronavirus challenge’ which encouraged people to lick toilet seats...

Idle teenagers are participating in a “disturbing trend” of coughing on grocery store produce and posting their pranks online as the nation fights the coronavirus, which is known to spread from human “droplets” spraying from mouths. The latest incident occurred in the Washington exurb of Purcellville, Virginia, some 55 miles from the White House. According to a Purcellville Police Department report, “an incident occurred at a local grocery store involving juveniles reportedly coughing on produce, while filming themselves and posting it on social media.” The report said that the store, identified on social media as Harris Teeter, immediately removed the...

Pushed to the breaking point by the closure of restaurants, movies, beaches and other favorite sources of amusement, some teens are coughing on grocery store produce. One incident occurred in the Washington DC exurb of Purcellville, Virginia. Police investigating the case said that "there is a national trend by teenagers to cough on food, video it and post the video on the web." Malcolm Tendt, admitted "camera man" in the Virginia prank, defended his peers, asking "what are we supposed to do for fun? None of the guys doing the coughing are really sick. The geezers who see us in...

Two Virginia teens allegedly recorded themselves coughing on produce in a local grocery store last week and uploaded the video on social media, police said on Friday...“The investigation concluded the teenagers were getting close to other patrons and coughing into their own sleeves while filming it on their phones,” police wrote in a Facebook post.

A man, who previously scooped up and handful then licked ice cream from a tub out of a supermarket freezer before putting it back on the shelf, has now filmed himself licking a toilet rim for social media clout as part of a new craze. The man, who goes by “GAYSHAWNMENDES” on Twitter, films himself walking into a public restroom before boldly approaching a very clean looking toilet bowl and licking it in a tweet captioned: “RT to spread awareness for the Coronavirus :)” It appears that the dirtiest part of the stunt was his foundation, which he accidentally licked...

A New Jersey man was charged on three criminal counts Tuesday after being accused of coughing on a grocery store clerk and claiming he has coronavirus, the New Jersey Attorney General announced. George Falcone was charged on three counts: Terroristic threats, obstructing administration of law enfocement, and harassment. The most serious charge, terroristic threats, carries a punishment of up to five years, and a $15,000 fine. The New Jersey Attorney General said that the incident happened Sunday evening at the Wegmans in Manalapan, New Jersey. The employee was reportedly concerned that Falcone was standing too close to her and an...

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – Gerrity’s Supermarket in Hanover Township was forced to toss out thousands of dollars of merchandise after a customer allegedly coughed on it. Police say it happened after 2:00 Wednesday afternoon at the store on the Sans Souci Parkway. The store said the woman coughed on produce, bakery items and meat. Gerrity’s said it has had issues with the woman in the past. Workers were forced to throw all of the food away out of abundance of caution. It totaled around $35,000. Hanover Township police say the woman is undergoing a mental health evaluation. They...

The Department of Justice has announced that people who deliberately spread the coronavirus may face federal terrorism charges for “purposeful exposure and infection.” In a memo to law enforcement agency chiefs and US attorneys, Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said that “because coronavirus appears to meet the statutory definition of a ‘biological agent’… such acts potentially could implicate the Nation’s terrorism-related statutes.”Rosen wrote that “we have seen an unfortunate array of criminal activity related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Capitalizing on this crisis to reap illicit profits or otherwise preying on Americans is reprehensible and will not be tolerated.The memo continues on to...

HANOVER TOWNSHIP- A grocery store lost over $35,000 after a woman pulls a sick prank. The manager said that a woman, who the police know to be a chronic problem in the community, came in to the store and purposely coughed on the store's fresh produce, and a small section of the bakery, meat case and grocery. "While there is little doubt this woman was doing it as a very twisted prank, we will not take any chances with the health and well-being of our customers," said Fasula. "We had no choice but to throw out all the product she...

Authorities have charged a man accused of licking deodorants in a Walmart store in Missouri during the coronavirus outbreak for making a terroristic threat. Authorities charged Cody Lee Pfister, 26, after they found what they said was a video of a man licking the items in the Walmart store. A video posted on social media shows a man saying to the camera, “Who’s scared of the coronavirus? Don’t touch your mouth” before licking the line of deodorants on the store shelf. The City of Warrenton, Missouri’s, Police Department released a statement Monday that said “a local resident who took a...