Friday Jasper Police arrested a man after he threatened Walmart employees with an extendable baton.
56-year-old Michael McCracken was arrested Friday following an incident that started in the Electronics section of Walmart and ended at the front of the store with McCracken swinging a collapsible baton at store employees.
When police arrived to the store they found McCracken in the parking lot. Police spoke with him and then spoke with Walmart personnel.
They advised that McCracken had been in the electronics dept. of the store where he got upset and started yelling, store management said they asked him to leave several times.
McCracken reportedly made his way towards the front of the store where he stopped suddenly, pulled out a collapsible baton, threatened the staff with it, and swung it at one of them a couple of times.
Walmart employee’s advised that McCracken kept the baton expanded until almost out of the store before he collapsed it back down and exited.
Walmart management stated that McCracken continued to yell at store personnel until Jasper Police arrived.
McCracken was placed under arrest and taken to and logged into the Dubois County Security Center on a Misdemeanor charge of Disorderly Conduct and a Level 5 Felony charge of Intimidation with a Deadly Weapon.
