A Florida man's intentional cough on a store employee, after commenting on the business' efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, has been deemed a deadly weapon.
A DeBary, Florida, man's intentional cough on a store employee after commenting on the business' efforts to prevent the spread of theChristopher Canfora allegedly went into a Harbor Freight Tools location early Tuesday morning, approached the register and laughed at the tape markers on the floor placed 6 feet apart.
"This is getting out of hand, this is why everywhere I go I cough behind everyone with a mask on," Canfora allegedly said the 21-year-old cashier before intentionally coughing on her and the register, according to the police report. After Canfora, 49, paid for his three items he allegedly told the cashier that he was going to do the same thing at a nearby grocery store.
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