ALTOONA, Pa. — Police in central Pennsylvania have arrested a man whom they say attacked customers at a store before damaging a car, breaking into a building, and throwing a toilet and paint can off of a roof.
Carlos Ortiz is accused of physically attacking people inside Nic’s Grab ‘N Go in Altoona, police said in a Facebook post. Investigators said Ortiz used a plastic sign to hit cars and a victim. Police said Ortiz also claimed that he had a gun and threatened to shoot another victim.
On 03/27/22 officers responded to a disturbance at Nic’s Grab N Go, 1010 6th Ave. CARLOS ORTIZ began physically...
Posted by Altoona Police Department - Altoona, PA on Thursday, April 7, 2022
Police told WTAJ that Ortiz attacked a female employee when she tried to get him to leave the store, then broke the mirror off someone’s car before going back inside the store and hitting both the female employee and a male victim.
When Ortiz ran from the area, police told The Altoona Mirror that officers found him on a fire escape. That was when he climbed onto the roof of a building and began throwing items off the roof at officers, including a toilet and a can of paint.
Police said Ortiz broke through a window into the building, and officers arrested him inside.
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