EDMONTON – RCMP have laid charges following a pepper spray attack on a 74 year-old Walmart greeter in Spruce Grove.
The senior was working the front entrance shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday night, when the door alarm sounded. She asked the two men leaving the store with a vehicle battery and a sub-woofer speaker for their receipt.
That’s when one of the males allegedly swore at her and pepper-sprayed her in the face.
Police were called, and when they arrived a strong smell of pepper spray still lingered in the air. People in the vicinity also had watery eyes.
The 74 year-old worker was treated by EMS, and is now receiving support from the Spruce Grove/Stony Plain RCMP Victim Services Unit.
Some shoppers who had noticed the commotion managed to get the licence plate of the men’s truck. RCMP in the area were able to track down the vehicle, and arrested the two men.
Faron Cardinal, 32, of Calling Lake has been charged with: assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace, and theft under $5,000. He was taken into custody and will appear in Stony Plain Provincial Court on Wednesday, April 10th.
Lloyd Giroux, 24, of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories has been charged with theft under $5,000. He was released on $1,000 on the condition that he will appear in Stony Plain Provincial Court Wednesday, April 24th.
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