Bronx Man Menaces Walmart Security Guard With Metal Pipe

FISHKILL, NY — A Bronx man was arrested after fighting with a Walmart security guard, the State Police said. Rasheem O. Grant, 22, of the Bronx, was charged with second-degree menacing, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree unlicensed operation, all misdemeanors, and second-degree harassment, a violation.

Troopers were dispatched to the Walmart store on West Merritt Boulevard in the Town of Fishkill for a report about a disturbance involving a man with an unknown weapon. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Police quickly located Grant who was trying to flee from the scene.

Investigators said that he started a fight with a security guard, striking the guard several times.

Grant then used a metal pipe to further menace the guard, police said.

He was arraigned before the Town of Fishkill Court and sent to the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $2,500 bail or $5,000 bond.

Grant is next scheduled to appear in court Oct. 18.

Photo caption: Rasheem O. Grant. Photo credit: NYSP.