Slashing At Publix

At first I thought the story below was simply a case of shoplifting gone awry wherein one of our beloved Publix staff was assaulted. However it turns out Mr. Casey has a bigger history, according to news stories at the Tampa Tribune.

He used to live in the neighborhood in the 400 block of Jean Street. He previously was a therapist/counselor at ACTS (Agency for Community Treatment Services). He has an extensive criminal history.

While at ACTS he was accused of suppling a client "with Xanax, steadily increasing her dependence until she provided him sex in exchange for the drug. She accuses the Agency for Community Treatment Services of negligence for hiring Casey, who had a 25-year criminal record. The lawsuit accuses Casey, who counseled Holland from January to March 2002, of taking Holland to his Temple Terrace apartment and introducing her to other illegal drugs before raping her. The suit said that Casey eventually got Holland a job at an adult bookstore and theater, where she participated in pornographic videos. "

I'm glad he moved out of the neighborhood. I wish he would shop (steal) somewhere else. I wonder what type of pills he tried to steal. Hopefully, it was something like Immodium AD, so he would be experiencing some discomfort until he was medically treated at the jail.

Man Charged In Attempt To Knife Grocery Manager
Tampa Tribune
Published: May 9, 2005

TAMPA - Police arrested a man suspected of trying to slash a Publix manager who confronted him about stealing batteries and pills Sunday afternoon.

The incident happened at the store at 6001 N. Nebraska Ave. about 2:10 p.m. An assistant manager, Paul Winn, 52, noticed a man shoving batteries and pills into his pockets, Lt. Chuck Stanbro said.

Winn confronted the man at the front of the store. The man pulled out a hunting knife, which Stanbro described as a 6-inch folding knife, and tried to slash Winn.
Winn ran back in the store, and the other man fled.

Officers caught up with Corby Casey, 61, of 12110 N. 27th St. Casey refused an officer's orders to get on the ground and was threatened with a stun gun.

Casey relented and was taken into custody without resisting. Stanbro said officers found some of the stolen items.

Casey was being held at the Orient Road Jail on Sunday night without bail on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and robbery charges.

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