On Easter, a Walgreens store manager was hit in the face with a Bible“because she was being rude,” according to a customer who is now facing a felony battery charge. If you guessed Florida, you're right! Via the Smoking Gun:
Police say Peter Owens, 35, went to the pharmacy Sunday evening to purchase a pair of headphones. While at the Clearwater, Florida business, Owens got into a “verbal altercation” with an employee over the headphones, according to a criminal complaint.
When Nicole Merck, the 36-year-old store manager, approached Owens (seen at right) and asked him to leave the Walgreens, “Peter used the brown Bible in his hand and struck Nicole in the face one time before he exited the store.”
After the alleged Bible battery, cops located Owens and took him into custody. After being read his rights, Owens reportedly admitted to striking Merck “in the face one time with his Bible because she was being rude to him.”
“Peter stated he did not mean to hit her,” Officer Ryan Wall reported.
He probably just meant to expose her to the word of the Lord!
The criminal charge against Owens was enhanced to a felony count since he has a 2020 conviction in Michigan for assault & battery (for which he was sentenced to a year’s probation).
He is a golf instructor.
