Clerk Accused of Attacking Boy for Not Buying Yo-yo

[The Straight Story]

Clerk Accused of Attacking Boy for Not Buying Yo-yo

POSTED: 11:06 am EDT July 11, 2006
UPDATED: 11:09 am EDT July 11, 2006

FORT PIERCE, Fla. -- A convenience store clerk is being held without bail for allegedly attacking a boy in Fort Pierce for not buying a yo-yo, according to police.

Amar Shreiteh is charged with attempted murder and false imprisonment. Police say he was working at the store Monday morning when 14-year-old Jeremius Howard came in with his sister.

As the girl browsed for snacks, Howard played with a yo-yo.

After she paid for the items, Howard put down the toy and tried to leave the store. Police say Shreiteh demanded the boy pay for the yo-yo, but Howard told him it was already opened and he didn't want it. Shreiteh then reportedly punched the boy.

Police say he pulled Howard behind the counter and stabbed him on the back of his arm with a butcher knife.

http://www.local6.com/news/9497523/detail.html

When we were little kids there was a store in Byesville we used to go to, I forget the old man's name at the moment, but he had always said to all the kids 'if you touch something, you have to buy it' and he darn well meant it. We were careful not to even bump into something by accident.

[Ron Green]

1. Florida again. I'm keepin' track.

[The Straight Story]

2. Get a big notebook and bring a lunch :) (nt)

[lies and propaganda]

4. I was expecting Ohio initially

but no surprise here.

[FSogol]

3. "You kids gonna buy those comics?" "No, thanks, we already read them."

Glad storekeepers knew not to stab little kids about in the 60s.