Register rage

Handing her 8-month-old off to a store employee, a Family Dollar Store customer yanked hair out of the head of another woman in line, choked the woman’s mother and chomped down on a police officer’s finger on Wednesday, according to an arrest report.

The incident took place about 6 p.m. at the 2049 S. U.S. 1 store, according to the report. The suspect, Tiffany Mashae Brown, 24, of 16th Street, attacked the victims because she was irate about being directed to a different register than the one she started at.

“Brown almost dropped her baby and started walking toward (another customer) while saying, ‘I’m gonna kill you!’” according to the report. Brown hit the 34-year-old woman in the face and upper body and then scratched her face and pulled her hair so that blond strands littered the store.



When the 53-year-old mother of the victim tried to stop the fight, Brown choked her and struck her in the face, according to the report.

Brown bit the last victim, a Fort Pierce Police Department officer, when he struggled to detain her due to her large size — 265 pounds, according to the report.

The officer charged Brown with two counts of battery, one count of resisting arrest with violence and one count of battery on a law enforcement officer. Brown left the St. Lucie County Jail on Thursday after posting her $6,000 bond.