Suspect wearing onesie smashes wine bottles, chases employee through store in Columbus, Ohio

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Police in Ohio are searching for a suspected shoplifter captured on video throwing wine bottles at a grocery store employee on Wednesday.

Surveillance video released by the Columbus Division of Police shows the suspect, a woman wearing red pants and a black hooded shirt, in a grocery store on Seltzer Road shortly after 3:30 p.m. on July 5. The suspect can be seen throwing a wine bottle at an employee.

According to police, an employee who suspected the woman of shoplifting approached her about it, and she became “irate.” The woman allegedly threw “several” bottles of wine at the employee, and chased them around the store before fleeing.

Police are asking anyone with information to come forward or submit an anonymous tip.

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