Man booted gas bar staffer 20 times: police

A Thompson man is accused of attacking a gas bar employee after an argument Sunday.

RCMP were sent to a gas station in the northern Manitoba city at 11:15 p.m. and learned a 26-year-old man got into an argument with a female cashier, Mounties said in a Tuesday news release.

A co-worker of the woman told the man to leave the store but the accused punched him and knocked him to the floor, police said. The employee was punched several times further and kicked at least 20 times, police said.

The man fled the store and was arrested a short distance away. Police said he later threatened an officer.

The man was charged with assault causing bodily harm, resisting a peace officer and uttering threats.

There was also a warrant for the man’s arrest from August 2024 for charges of assault causing bodily harm, assault by choking and uttering threats.

He remains in custody.