Police: Man threatens to pull out eyes of Walmart employee, shoot him

Police officers arrested Edward Glaspe after he allegedly threatened to kill a Walmart employee in Miami-Dade County. (M-DCCR, Google Street View)

MIAMI – A Walmart Supercenter customer was so enraged that he threatened to stab a sales associate’s eyeballs out of his head and then shoot him with a gun, police said.

According to the arrest report, Edward Glaspe threatened the Walmart employee on Saturday and returned to the store, at 3200 NW 79 St., on Sunday.

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When police officers searched Glaspe, 66, during his arrest on Sunday, they found he was carrying a glass pipe with black residue in his left pocket, police said.

Glaspe appeared in bond court on Monday. A judge ordered him to stay away from the victim and the store and set his bond at $5,500.

Glaspe was facing charges of aggravated assault on a 65-year-old victim or older and possession of drug paraphernalia.


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