Victim Threatened With Kitchen Knife Outside Grocery Store

A person walking out of the east side of Schnucks was threatened with a six-inch kitchen knife Saturday afternoon.

The victim told police that a man sitting on a bench asked him for money.

When he told was told “no” 43-year-old Ricky Lockridge pulled a six-inch kitchen knife out of his pocket and told the victim he was “going to pay”.

Lockridge was arrested and booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail on a $10,000 bond.

No one was hurt during the attempted robbery.