Arrest Made After Knife Incident At Grocery Store In Windham

WILLIMANTIC, CT — An eastern Connecticut man is facing criminal charges after an armed disturbance at a Windham grocery store, state police said.

The incident took place at 6:08 p.m. Sunday at 422 Windham Road, according to state police. That's the address of Bob's Windham IGA.

A caller told state police that a man outside the store was holding a knife and maybe even threatening the manager with it. Willimantic officers also responded, according to an incident report.

According to an incident report, the man, later identified as 31-year-old Canterbury resident Alexander Clemmons, became involved in a verbal argument with another man outside the store. Clemmons is accused of first displaying a knife and then pointing it toward the customer and a woman who was with him, according to an incident report.

Store employees attempted to intervene, and Clemmons confronted them as well, according to an incident report. A witness began recording Clemmons, and he put the knife away, but pulled out pepper spray, according to an incident report.

A woman then approached bystanders and said she and Clemmons would leave in her vehicle and a store manager said they would not be able to return, according to an incident report. Clemmons is then accused of exiting the vehicle, taking the knife back out of his pocket, and pointing it at the store manager while saying he intended to return to the store.

That's when an employee called 911, according to an. incident report.

Troopers located a folding knife and a container of pepper spray on Clemmons after they arrived, state police said.

Clemmons was charged with:

• Second-degree breach of peace
• Reckless endangerment
• Threatening
• Third-degree criminal trespass

Clemmons was held Sunday on a $20,000 bond and was to appear in Danielson Superior Court on Monday, state police said.