MONROE, CT — A Henny Penny employee working the overnight shift told officers a female customer assaulted him early Saturday morning, when she allegedly threw a package of Ferrero Rocher chocolates at him, hitting him in the back of the head.
At 2:36 a.m., he told officers he was cleaning the bathrooms when the customer entered the store at 241 Roosevelt Drive (Route 34) and gathered a few items she wanted to buy. She told him she was waiting and he said he’d be there in a minute, according to his account.
The employee said she grew impatient and words were exchanged, so he refused her service and told her to leave the store.
She refused to leave, so he started taking the items off the counter and returning everything to the store shelves, police said. That’s when he said she threw the candy at him.
The store employee told her he would call the police and she left the store, leaving in a white BMW sedan.
Police tracked the vehicle back to a residence in Middlebury, called the customer and she came to Monroe police headquarters at 6:15 a.m. Police said she admitted to throwing the package of chocolates at the store employee out of frustration.
The 23-year-old Middlebury woman was issued a misdemeanor summons for breach of peace and released on a promise to appear in court on Sept. 22.
Crash at Cross Hill and Route 111
An 18-year-old Monroe man was issued an infraction for making an improper left turn after being involved in a two-vehicle-crash at the intersection of Cross Hill Road and Monroe Turnpike (Route 111) Friday morning.
Police said no injuries were reported, but both vehicles were towed.
At approximately 7:15 a.m., police said the man was driving his white 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee east on Cross Hill Road, had a green light and proceeded to turn left onto Route 111, when his vehicle collided with a silver 2020 Hyundai Tucson.
The driver of the Hyundai, a 60-year-old Monroe woman, told officers she was heading west on Cross Hill, had a green light and tried to go straight across Route 111 to continue onto Cross Hill, when the Jeep turned in front of her and she was unable to stop in time, according to the report.
Though both drivers had a green light, police said the driver turning left must yield to drivers going straight.
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