Spokane Valley sheriff’s deputies are still looking for a man who allegedly threw a bottle at a local grocery store worker after the store refused him service for not wearing a mask.
Deputies said the shopper threatened the employee at the Sprague Avenue Grocery Outlet with a shard from the bottle, which shattered upon hitting the ground, before fleeing with approximately $15 worth of merchandise. He could face multiple felonies stemming from the Jan. 15 dispute.
Mask mandates at Spokane-area grocery stores have occasionally led to similarly heated encounters in the months since COVID-19 restrictions took effect, said Eric Renner, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1439.
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