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Police Probe 'Checkout Rage' Case

Posted on: Tuesday, 16 December 2003, 06:00 CST

You've heard of road rage, but local authorities are investigating what appears to be a new modern malady: checkout rage.

Authorities said a woman was buying groceries at the Giant Food Store in Pennsboro Commons on Dec. 9 when a problem with some coupons she was trying to use caused a delay. A woman behind her, apparently concerned that she would be late for an appointment, asked how long the transaction would take, police said.

"She just asked if it was going to be much longer," East Pennsboro Township Sgt. Mark Green said.

The first woman, police said, got angry and cursed at the woman behind her, then finished her transaction and left.

The second woman also finished her transaction, left the store and was walking toward her car when she was allegedly confronted by the first shopper's husband, who had driven into a handicapped parking space to wait for her, police said.

Arrest documents allege that he got out of the vehicle, grabbed the woman and shoved her, and also knocked over her shopping cart, spilling her groceries onto the parking lot.

The woman sustained bruised legs and a swollen wrist. The man faces charges of simple assault, harassment, and disorderly conduct, police said.

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