Police: Woman Causes a Scene in Store Over a Beer

Police said that by the time it was over, the clerk at a Norwalk convenience store didn’t even want the money for the can of beer that a Stamford woman opened.

He just wanted her to leave the store; but she demanded a receipt for the beer and wouldn’t leave until she got it — despite the fact that her credit card had been declined when she tried to buy it, police said, according to a report in the Norwalk Hour. The situation ended up with the woman’s arrest.

Norwalk police gave this account of the matter (an accusation not proven in court), according to the Hour:

Sarina Sawyer, 52, of Glenbrook Road in Stamford, tried to purchase the can of beer, a bag of potato chips and a few other items at about 4 p.m. on Sunday at Alexa Grocery, 133 South Main St. in Norwalk. Her credit card was declined.

That got her upset, the clerk told police, because she wanted her beer. She opened the can, which cost $2.25, and started drinking it right there. She also demanded a receipt for it, and she wouldn’t leave the store until she got it. When police arrived, she said she wasn’t leaving without that receipt. They arrested her, and she left without the receipt. Sawyer was charged with second-degree breach of peace and resisting arrest. She was initially held on $1,500 bond.