Assault charge handed out after altercation with grocery store employee

KITCHENER -- Police have charged a person with assault following an altercation with a grocery store employee.

Norfolk County OPP were called to the incident on Simcoe Street in Middleton around 3:30 p.m. on Apr. 29.

Police determined throughan investigation that an individual became involved in a verbal altercation with a grocery store employee.

This verbal altercation then escalated to a physical confrontation, according to officials.

A 36-year-old from Toronto is charged with assault.

The individual is set toappear in courtat a later date.