Naugatuck Connecticut Walmart workers assaulted handicapped shopper
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 2:41 pm
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NAUGATUCK — Two Walmart workers were arrested last week in connection with their treatment of two customers, one of whom has a disability and uses an electric scooter. One of the employees punched a customer in the head, Naugatuck police said in a statement on social media.
On Aug. 27 at around 7 p.m., Naugatuck Police were called to Walmart at 1100 New Haven Road for a report of several people physically fighting, police said.
Two customers, one of whom was using an electric scooter, were shopping for clothing and needed help. One of the customers asked an employee, 45-year-old Shelly Alam of Waterbury for help, and she “responded in a manner in which a verbal altercation between the two took place and then escalated,” police said.
Alam also began to make fun of the other customer’s handicap, police said.
When the customer requested to speak with the store manager, another employee, 39-year-old Robert Mclaughlin of Waterbury, approached the customer and punched the customer in the head, resulting in a minor injury, police said.
Alam was arrested and charged with third-degree conspiracy to commit assault, risk of injury to a child, and interfering with an officer/resisting arrest. Alam was later released on a $5,000 surety bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Waterbury Sept. 24, police said.
Mclaughlin was arrested and charged with third-degree assault, risk of injury to a child, and interfering with an officer/resisting arrest. Mclaughlin was later released on a $5,000 surety bond and is scheduled to appear in in court on Sept. 24, police said.
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