Sixty-eight-year-old Lowes employee fired for attempting to stop theft at Georgia store

A longtime Lowes worker was reportedly fired after she tried to cease thieves from stealing roughly $2,000 price of merchandise from a Georgia retailer. 

Donna Hansbrough, 68, was fired for violating the corporate’s coverage on stopping the theft of merchandise, in keeping with the Rincon Police Division. 

Three suspects entered Lowes on June 25 and stole roughly $2,101 price of merchandise. Hansbrough was repeatedly punched within the face after she grabbed one of many trio’s purchasing carts.  

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Donna Hansbrough, 68, was fired for violating the corporate’s coverage on stopping the theft of merchandise. ((Screenshot/ The Large Weekend Present))

Police recognized the three suspects as Takyah Berry, Jarmar Lawton and Joseph Berry. Lawton was taken into custody and police are nonetheless trying to find Joseph and Takyah, who’re uncle and niece, in keeping with a July 20 Facebook post from the Rincon Police Division. 

“Hansbrough tried to cease one of many topics by grabbing the purchasing cart. Hansbrough didn’t at any time make contact with any individual. The cart that Donna grabbed was within the possession of topic Takyah Berry. After Donna grabbed the cart, Berry struck Donna within the face thrice inflicting Donna’s proper eye to swell and blacken,” the publish learn partly. 

The 13-year Lowes veteran instructed the Effingham Herald she “obtained bored with seeing issues get out the door.” 

“I simply … I misplaced it,” she stated. “I mainly misplaced all of the coaching. The whole lot they inform you to do, I simply … I simply misplaced it.”

A Lowe’s residence enchancment warehouse retailer is seen Could 22, 2006 in San Bruno, California. Lowe’s, the second largest residence enchancment retailer chain on the planet, reported quarterly internet earnings of $841 million, up nearly 44 % from the earlier yr right now. ( (Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Photos))

Hansbrough instructed the outlet that she didn’t anticipate to be fired. “Perhaps a reprimand or a suspension,” she stated. 

The previous Lowes worker additionally instructed CBS affiliate WTOC that she cherished her job. 

Lowes did not instantly reply for remark. 

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“I really like my job. Beloved. I loved working with the individuals I labored with. I loved serving to the purchasers. I loved the whole lot about it. It was my… You know the way you’ve your excellent job? That one was mine,” Hansbrough added. 

Fox Information’ Alicia Acuna stated it’s “mind-blowing” the best way Lowes handled its former worker. 

“The issue is that corporations and companies are so scared now due to the litigious nature of so many people on the market. They’re apprehensive about getting sued, however they’re apprehensive about getting sued by the legal. That is what they’re apprehensive about,” she stated on “The Large Weekend Present.”

“And it simply makes you cease and say like, ‘Are we in… Is that this reverse day all day lengthy?’ As a result of we’re doing issues the other method we used to. You need somebody who’s going to be there to guard your organization, defend what you are promoting. It is human nature to guard your self and to get in hassle for that? It is simply sort of mind-blowing.”

Co-host Joey Jones stated he couldn’t consider the corporate fired Hansbrough. 

“I fully perceive that you’ve got insurance policies and there is a purpose for them. That is an intuition. It is a response, not, you already know… somebody is about to steal from you. They’re about to do one thing incorrect. She grabs the cart to attempt to cease them for a second,” he defined. 

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“She’s making an attempt to be an excellent worker at Lowe’s. And what do they need to do? They need to fireplace her? Lowe’s and Lululemon can go park themselves subsequent to Bud Gentle as a result of I swear I’ll construct one thing out of paper and put on washcloths earlier than I store at both a kind of [stores],” he added.