Greeter At Meijer Accused Of Punching Shopper

MOKENA, IL - A man who was walking out of the Meijer store on Lincoln Highway in Mokena Thursday night after finishing his grocery shopping was attacked by an employee, according to police. That employee, 40-year-old Zachary Monahan of New Lenox, was working as the store greeter at the time.

Monahan was arrested and charged with battery after the incident. Mokena Police Chief Steve Vaccaro says Monahan is accused of punching the customer, a 35-year-old man, in the head a few times as the victim was on his way out of the store.

Monahan "believed he recognized" the victim as someone who previously battered him in an incident that occurred two years ago in New Lenox, Vaccaro said. In that incident, Monahan was slashed several times in a knife attack by someone described as a white man in a pony tail in an apparent case of road rage.

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Other than the reported incident from two years ago, Thursday's physical attack was unprovoked, according to Vaccaro.

Monahan was arrested on scene at the Meijer and has since posted bond.

Photo via Mokena Police Department