Richard Greenfield, 33, was charged with drug instruments and possession of heroin, cocaine and meth, according to Sgt. David Birk from the Middletown Division of Police.
Originally, it was reported that Greenfield may have threatened a clerk with a knife, but Birk said Greenfield never displayed a weapon.
Greenfield was transported to Atrium Medical Center for evaluation because officers thought he was “on drugs,” Birk said.
Then he was transported to the City Jail.
INITIAL REPORT:
Middletown police are at the Speedway store at Roosevelt and Breiel boulevards this morning investigating a report of a customer who allegedly threatened an employee.
At about 9 a.m. a man pulled out a knife and reportedly said he would “slit (the employee’s) throat if he didn’t get his way,” according to dispatchers.
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The man allegedly made the threat after purchasing a drink. He reportedly put the knife back in his pocket before officers arrived.
Witnesses at the scene said a man is in the back of one of three police cruisers at the scene and is being detained.
The man is going to be transported to Atrium Medical Center for evaluation, police said.
