LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – Broward County deputies arrested a man on a felony charge after they said he became enraged at a senior who mistook him for a Walmart employee and asked him a question.
Deputies arrested Yusuf Thomas, 63, of Lauderhill, on a felony charge of battery on a person over 65, according to an arrest report obtained Thursday by Local 10 News.
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Authorities said the incident happened Monday at the Walmart at 3001 N. State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes.
The victim, a 68-year-old man, told a deputy patrolling the store’s parking lot that Thomas “slapped him in the face with an open palm and then kicked him in the butt for asking him a question about why the shopping carts were empty, assuming Thomas worked for Walmart,” an arrest report states.
Authorities said CCTV footage showed the “heated disagreement.”
As of Thursday, Thomas remained in the Broward Main Jail on a $3,500 bond and, even though court and jail records list his place of birth as Missouri, an immigration hold.