Meijer employee fired after reportedly throwing feces at coworker

A Meijer grocery store
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Published: Jan. 18, 2022 at 8:14 PM EST
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (WILX) - A Meijer employee in Isabella County was fired after reportedly throwing a jar of human waste at a coworker.

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According to authorities, the incident happened Thursday. Police officers responded to reports of an assault on an employee at the Meijer on Pickard Street.

An employee claimed a coworker yelled at him, grabbed him by the shirt and splashed a jar a human feces and potentially urine onto him.

The employee was immediately fired.

When police arrived, the employee had already left the store.

The investigation has been turned over to the Mount Pleasant City Attorney’s Office.

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