An elderly 99-cent store worker was arrested after he allegedly spewed hate speech, harrassed and assaulted a customer inside a Brooklyn store, cops said Monday.
Allan Jones, 79, was hit with hate-crime assault, hate-crime harassment and criminal possession of a weapon at his arraignment Monday for the Sunday afternoon confrontation with a 37-year-old customer at a 99¢ & More Town outlet on Nostrand and Foster Aves. in Flatbush, police said.
According to police sources, the victim asked Jones for help in the store around 1:35 p.m. Sunday, and Jones allegedly got into a verbal dispute. The insults he allegedly fired off at the shopper included calling him a “fa–ot” and “c-nt,” according to court documents. A co-worker tried to calm Jones down, but he was allegedly looking for a fight, police sources said.
Jones allegedly lunged at the victim with a boxcutter, cutting him on the side of his face, cops said. The victim suffered minor injuries and refused medical attention, cops said.
At his arraignment at Kings County Criminal Court on Monday, Jones was released on his own recognizance, police said.
