A Florida man who frequented an Aldi grocery store and is accused of sucker-punching another customer was known to store management for being “unruly,” a lawsuit says.
Dandrea Johnson, 45, was charged with felony battery after police said he attacked Bruce Reese near the exit of an Aldi grocery store in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, in October 2025. On Wednesday, months after Johnson was charged, Reese’s family filed a lawsuit in Broward County against Johnson, Aldi, and DF Security LLC, claiming that the store and its security were negligent in preventing the alleged attack on Reese and intervening in it while it was happening.
According to the lawsuit, which was reviewed by Law&Crime, Johnson was a regular customer at the Aldi location where Reese was also a shopper. On the night of Oct. 11, 2025, Reese was at the store with his service dog, and Johnson allegedly confronted Reese about the dog in one of the store’s aisles. The lawsuit stated that Johnson “began verbally harassing Mr. Reese from the moment he entered the store.” The encounter was captured on store surveillance cameras and, according to the lawsuit, in full view of store security guards and employees…