A Newberry woman shoved her way into a closed Publix on Friday night and dragged an employee by their apron through the store, Alachua County Sheriff’s Office said.
Janine Lynn Farnsworth, 55, went into a Publix, located at 14130 W. Newberry Road, as an employee let the last customer out at about 10 p.m., according to an arrest report. The employee told her the store had already closed, but she pushed employees out of her way to get inside, according to the report.
Farnsworth then tried to knee a Publix employee in the crotch, but missed, police said. She grabbed another employee by the apron and used it to drag him across the store, according to the report.
Farnsworth ran up and down the aisles destroying products, worth about $200, police said.
When police arrived, she tried kicking and hitting them as they tried to arrest her, according to the report.
Farnsworth told police she went into the store and broke products but did not know why, according to the report.
She was arrested on charges of burglary with battery, attempted battery, battery, criminal mischief and two counts of resisting arrest with violence. Farnsworth was taken to the Alachua County Jail where she remains, as of press time, in lieu of an $18,000 bond.
Contact Robert Lewis at rlewis@alligator.org. Follow him on Twitter @Lewis__Robert.
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