Sheriff Seeks Customer Who Attacked Store Clerk In Seffner

BRANDON, FL — An argument between a convenience store clerk and a customer turned violent on Sunday in Seffner. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office wants to identify a woman who hit a store employee with a display case.

Around 9:30 a.m. Nov. 24, deputies responded to the Citgo gas station at 12020 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. E. in Seffner. A store clerk reported that a woman came into the business and stood near the checkout counter for about 15 minutes without making a purchase. The clerk asked the woman to make a purchase or step outside, which caused the woman to become irate.

The clerk and the woman began to argue. The argument escalated when the woman picked up a plastic cigarette display case and threw it at the clerk, striking her in the arm. Before leaving the store, the woman knocked over a scratch-off lottery ticket display. She was last seen walking west on Dr. MLK Blvd.

She is described as a 20- to 29-year-old black woman, approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall and 150 pounds. She was last seen wearing a red coat with white letters, black jeans, black boots and carrying a blue purse.

Anyone who recognizes her is asked to contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office at 813-247-8200 or Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477) to be eligible for a cash reward.