A Florida man, aged 35, was arrested and charged with felony battery after allegedly assaulting a Walgreens store manager with a Bible on Easter Sunday in Clearwater Beach. The incident occurred on March 31, according to an arrest affidavit from the Clearwater Police Department.
Reports state that the man, identified as Peter Owens, entered the Walgreens store late in the evening to purchase headphones. A verbal altercation ensued between Owens and a store employee over merchandise, which escalated when the store manager intervened. Owens reportedly struck the manager in the face with a Bible when she asked him to leave the store.
