Police: Shoplifter threatens Home Depot worker with box cutter
GREENSBORO — A man who was seen hiding power tools threatened a Home Depot employee with a box cutter early Tuesday morning before fleeing, police said.
Matthew Fenner, a loss prevention officer at the home improvement store at 2912 S. Elm-Eugene St., told Greensboro police a customer spotted someone concealing power tools and leaving.
Fenner confronted the man in the parking lot. The man brandished a box cutter and threatened Fenner before fleeing, police said.
Police described the suspect as a black man in his mid 50s, with salt and pepper colored hair.
He stands 6 feet to 6-foot-2 and weighs approximately 180 pounds. His teeth were in poor condition, police said.
He was wearing a brown jacket, brown toboggan and white tennis shoes.
Police ask those with information to call Crimestoppers at 373-1000.
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