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March 5, 2007
Topics fire, kissing, hair, florida, couple, woman, wal-mart, palm, baseball, smoke, television and man
A videotaping on a Wal-Mart store in Palm Coast, Florida shows a couple kissing each other before they spark fire in the sporting goods section that lead the store to close for two hours. According to WKMG-TV in Orlando, Florida, the fire caused a propane tank to explode on Monday, filling the building with smoke. The other customers and employees were forced to evacuate.
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January 20, 2007
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January 18, 2007
An alleged carjacker who tried to rob a couple off their car ended up being shot himself. Harold Levar Jeffcoat, 29, was shot as the woman sitting in the passenger seat of the car fired five unfocused shots at him in self-defense. But only one could finally make it to the target - right at the buttocks of Jeffcoat. According to authorities handling the case, the incident happened Saturday night as the couple was getting into the car at a Wal-Mart in suburban northeast Richland County. Just then, Jeffcoat stuck a gun into the stomach of the man and asked him to hand over the car keys.
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January 16, 2007
In a bid to mask their theft of a toy, four men allegedly triggered a small blast in a Wal-Mart store using swimming pool chemicals. The officers at Henry County Police are shocked at the incident for they say the men perhaps turned a shoplifting misdemeanor into "one of terrorist acts. " Lt. Jason Bolton revealed the incident to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution how the four men entered the Wal-Mart Sunday and after shoplifting a toy, mixed swimming pool chemicals together to create a smoky explosion.
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December 8, 2006
A 22-year-old man shopping in the toy department of a Wal-Mart Supercenter found a open pack of cigarettes under a shelf and discovered a bag containing a white, powdery substance. Police said the substance was later identified as one gram of cocaine - an amount that could be lethal for a child. According to AP, police spokeswoman Glynda Chu said, "Being in the toy department, a child could easily have found it, and children will put anything in their mouths. "
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