Convenience store clerk arrested for threatening customer with baseball bat

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – David Jay Horrell, 48, was arrested last night and charged with threatening a convenience store customer with a metal baseball bat.

The responding Gainesville Police Department officer reported that when he arrived at the Circle K store (4909 NW 34th Blvd) at about 10:09 p.m., Horrell spontaneously said he and the customer had gotten into a verbal argument that escalated to the point where he asked the customer to leave, but the customer refused. Horrell reportedly admitted that he had picked up a metal bat before coming out from behind the counter and telling the customer to leave.

The victim told the officer that when he paid for his items, Horrell threw his change at him. He said he threw the change back at Horrell, and they exchanged some words. The victim said Horrell came out from behind the counter holding a bat and said, “I will break your kneecaps and kill you.” The bat was reportedly found at the scene.

Post Miranda, Horrell reportedly declined to make any further statements.

While being transported to the jail, Horrell reportedly said, “Yeah, I lost my temper.”

According to a court document, Horrell has worked at the store for nine years. He has no criminal convictions; Judge Susan Miller-Jones ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s Office to hold him without bail until trial.

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