Disgruntled ex-contractor sprays FECES on produce at a supermarket because 'the store owed him money'

  • Pau Hang, 41, was arrested on Sunday at a Harris Teeter store in Charleston, South Carolina, after a manager spotted him spraying a brown liquid on produce
  • The disgruntled former contractor was banned from the store two years ago for an unspecified reason
  • When police arrived Hang claimed the store owed him money 
  • The manager estimated the damage would cost at least $3,000 in cleaning fees and ruined produce 

Pau Hang, 41, was arrested on Sunday afternoon at a Harris Teeter in Charleston, South Carolina, after a manager spotted him spraying a brown liquid on produce

Pau Hang, 41, was arrested on Sunday afternoon at a Harris Teeter in Charleston, South Carolina, after a manager spotted him spraying a brown liquid on produce

A disgruntled former contractor sprayed what is believed to be liquid feces on produce at a grocery store in Charleston, South Carolina, according to police.

Pau Hang, 41, was arrested on Sunday afternoon at a Harris Teeter after a manager spotted him and called the police. 

The disgruntled former contractor was banned from the store two years ago for an unspecified reason.

The manager allegedly saw Hang empty a bottle of brown liquid with a fecal odor on the produce.

When police arrived Hang claimed the store owed him money.

The manager estimated the damage would cost at least $3,000 in cleaning fees and ruined produce.

The disgruntled former contractor was banned from the store, pictured above, two years ago for an unspecified reason

The disgruntled former contractor was banned from the store, pictured above, two years ago for an unspecified reason

The manager estimated the damage would cost at least $3,000 in cleaning fees and ruined produce. The department will remain closed until after a health inspection

The manager estimated the damage would cost at least $3,000 in cleaning fees and ruined produce. The department will remain closed until after a health inspection

'We were extremely alarmed and disappointed to learn that today, a disgruntled, former contractor attempted to contaminate food products in the Produce department and Fresh Foods department inside our St. Andrews Shopping Center location,' Danna Robinson, a Harris Teeter spokeswoman, told the Post and Courier.

The department will remain closed until after a health inspection. 

Hang is charged with damage to personal property and trespassing after notice. 

Investigators are testing the substance.