Oxford Police arrested a 44-year-old Oxford woman Monday for allegedly assaulting a 28-year-old female clerk at the Eastaboga Post Office with pepper spray.
Tricia June Johnson, of Williams Circle, was charged with criminal use of pepper spray after she reportedly sprayed a contract employee loading mail around 5:45 p.m. in a hallway not accessible to the public, according to Oxford Police.
Johnson told police she was retaliating after losing her job as a contract employee at the post office.
Police said the clerk fought Johnson off until she dropped the pepper spray. Johnson then fled in a private vehicle.
Witnesses managed to take down a license tag number which was traced to a local residence where Johnson was arrested.
Investigators said it was unclear whether Johnson knew the clerk.
Because the assault took place on federal property, police said an inspector from the U.S. Postal Service in Birmingham also investigated the incident and could ask the U.S. District Attorney to file federal charges against Johnson.
Johnson’s court date and bond amount had not been set as of Monday afternoon.
1 comments:
This postal employye was not a clerk. And there were no witnesses. Any information was obtained by the contract worker was done on her own. This contract worker put herself in harms way even after being sprayed with pepper spray to protect the mail.
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