Woman busted after allegedly spitting on two people in Philadelphia market

A woman was busted for allegedly spitting on a fellow shopper during a squabble over social distancing at a high-end Italian market in Philadelphia, according to a new report.

Shopper Alexis Danilo told KYW-TV that she was shopping at Di Bruno Bros. in Center City Sunday when Jacqueline McBride, 27, got a little too close to her.

“I backed away from her,” Danilo told the outlet. “I guess that upset her. She just said, ‘B—h, I don’t have the disease.’”

“[She] bumped into me, and I said something along the lines of ‘That’s rude, there is a pandemic going on,’” Danilo added. “And then she just responded, ‘I’ll fight you right now,’ and took off her mask and spit on my face.”

Luckily, Danilo was wearing a mask and gloves at the time, and staff at the market helped her wash her face to “get the spit off” right away, she said.

Police say McBride also spat on a male employee during an argument at the same shop a day earlier, the outlet reported.

She was arrested and charged with simple assault, terroristic threats and harassment, police confirmed Thursday night, according to the report.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney called the incident “unconscionable and criminal” Thursday afternoon.

“We hope the police find her and get her someplace she can’t spit on anybody,” Kenney said. “I think people start losing their minds a little bit and it’s understandable, but that’s an assault. It’s aggravated assault to knowingly do that to make people ill, intentionally.”

Meanwhile, Danilo said she is self-quarantined as a precaution and is doing well for now.

via: https://nypost.com/2020/04/24/philadelphia-woman-busted-for-allegedly-spitting-on-shopper/

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