{"id":106640,"date":"2024-08-03T18:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-arrested-after-allegedly-striking-lowes-employee-on-head-with-sledgehammer\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T18:03:24","slug":"man-arrested-after-allegedly-striking-lowes-employee-on-head-with-sledgehammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-arrested-after-allegedly-striking-lowes-employee-on-head-with-sledgehammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after allegedly striking Lowe&#8217;s employee on head with sledgehammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-08-03\/Durham%20Police%20Department_080324_AaronDeshownWilliams.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Durham Police Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(DURHAM, N.C.) &#8212; A North Carolina man has been arrested after he allegedly struck a Lowe&#8217;s store employee with a sledgehammer and stole a drill set, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Deshown Willams, 25, has been arrested on warrants for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury and robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to the Durham Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>The Lowe&#8217;s employee was helping Williams when he allegedly took a sledgehammer from his shopping cart and struck the employee in the head, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>When the victim fell to the ground, the customer grabbed a drill set box and ran out of the store, police added.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was transported to the hospital with serious injuries, but they are now in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>William also had an outstanding warrant for possession of a firearm by a felon, according to police. He is currently being held in the Durham County Jail with no bond.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durham Police Department (DURHAM, N.C.) &#8212; A North Carolina man has been arrested after he allegedly struck a Lowe&#8217;s store employee with a sledgehammer and stole a drill set, police said. Aaron Deshown Willams, 25, has been arrested on warrants for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-arrested-after-allegedly-striking-lowes-employee-on-head-with-sledgehammer\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}