Woman throws metal scale, flowers at 17-year-old girl working at Grosse Pointe ice cream shop

Veda Miller facing 2 charges

Ice cream. (Landon McReynolds, McReynolds)

GROSSE POINTE, Mich. – A woman threw a metal scale and flowers at a 17-year-old girl who was working at an ice cream shop in Grosse Pointe, police said.

The incident happened around 6:55 p.m. April 27 at an ice cream store in the 16800 block of Kercheval Avenue, according to authorities.

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Officials said Veda Lynn Miller, 44, of Detroit, went into the store and got into an argument with the teenage worker. Miller assaulted the St. Clair Shores girl with a heavy metal scale and flowers that were on the counter, police said.

Miller has been charged with felonious assault and malicious destruction of property between $200 and $1,000.

She was arraigned Wednesday morning (May 11) at Grosse Pointe Municipal Court and given a $10,000 personal bond.

A probable cause conference is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. May 19, and a preliminary examination is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. June 9.


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