Skip navigation.
Fri Nov 27 04:15:43 2009 [Write for us] | [Login/Register]
Home

Alleged Visine theft leads to scuffle

Des Moines -- An Iowa man who got into a scuffle with a store employee after trying to steal Visine eye drops has been charged with second-degree robbery, police say.

William Lloyd Sandstrom of Des Moines was being held on $10,000 bond after being arrested him at a Hy-Vee Food Store Tuesday afternoon, police in Polk County said, the Des Moines (Iowa) Register reported.

When officers arrived, Sandstrom had bloodshot eyes, a red complexion and "an attitude," police said.

The employee accused Sandstrom of putting a bottle of Visine into his coat and attempting to leave the store without paying, police said. While trying to escape the store, Sandstrom allegedly threw the Visine and pushed the employee, who injured her hand while attempting to stop him, the Register reported. Other employees grabbed Sandstrom, police said.

Sandstrom denied doing anything wrong. The Register reported he has been arrested seven times in the past 14 months.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Recent comments

User login

LiveZilla Live Help