Man arrested after allegedly pulling knife on Walmart employee and police officer

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Duard Augustus Benson III, 58, was arrested yesterday after allegedly pulling a knife on a Walmart Loss Prevention Officer who tried to stop him from shoplifting and then pointing the knife at a police officer who was trying to arrest him.

At about 2 p.m. on July 12, a Gainesville Police Department officer was at the northwest Walmart, investigating a previous theft, when the Loss Prevention Officer (LPO) notified him about a separate incident involving someone in the store…

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