Florida Keys man accused of Chex Mix armed robbery

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Johnathan Shiadek (MCSO)

STOCK ISLAND, Fla. – A Florida Keys antheral is facing 3 felony charges aft deputies said helium swung a weapon astatine a convenience store clerk and bystanders who confronted him for stealing a container of Chex Mix aboriginal Thursday morning.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the equipped robbery happened astatine astir 2 a.m. astatine the Tom Thumb astatine 5690 Maloney Ave. connected Stock Island.

An MCSO apprehension study states that Johnathan Charles Shiadek, 35, of Marathon, went into the store, started drinking a Mountain Dew, bumped into and knocked implicit a basal of donuts, past grabbed a container of Chex Mix and walked retired of the store without paying.

Deputies said a clerk and 2 different customers walked retired to face Shiadek, who past pulled retired a container cutter and started “swinging” it astatine them.

Multiple radical called 911 arsenic Shiadek walked towards U.S. 1, deputies said.

After deputies arrived astatine the store, aggregate radical pointed towards Shiadek successful the absorption of Second Street.

Deputies said they detained the convicted felon and recovered the container cutter, on with a coiled connected his close manus aft helium said helium “accidentally chopped himself.”

“Shiadek uttered respective statements to maine successful an effort to explicate the situation, including that helium had been cornered by the store clerk and pulled retired the weapon due to the fact that helium thought helium was being jumped,” an MCSO lawman wrote. “Shiadek stated helium does not transportation the weapon for the intent of being a limb but volition usage it arsenic that if helium needs to.”

Deputies said Shiadek would aboriginal assertion that the store clerk touched him and “squared up to him” and claimed helium felt “surrounded” by the clerk and customers, starring him to propulsion the container cutter.

“Shiadek stated helium did pursuit 1 of them down the street, and stated helium did it due to the fact that helium thought helium would suffer a fight,” the lawman wrote. “Shiadek did not judge his pulling of a weapon was wrong, and repeated statements of his content that the clerk should not person touched him to get his attention.”

Deputies arrested Shiadek connected charges including equipped robbery, aggravated battle with a deadly limb and felon successful possession of a weapon.

He besides had a warrant retired for his arrest

As of Thursday helium was being held successful MCSO’s Key West jailhouse installation with nary enslaved listed.