Trumbull JCPenney Worker Arrested On First Day: PD

TRUMBULL, CT — A Bridgeport woman was arrested after she threw a tantrum on her first day of work at JCPenney, according to police.

Police responded to the store July 21. A manager told police that Francoise Nije, 22, had arrived early for her shift in the optical department on her first day. She immediately had an attitude and raised her voice, the manager told police.

The manager told her that the optical department wasn't open yet, but she could wait in his office and do some paperwork. Her attitude continued and the manager decided to fire her on the spot, police said.

Nije took a fire extinguisher and threw it, police said.

She was charged with third-degree criminal mischief, refusal to be fingerprinted, interfering with police and second-degree breach of peace.

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