Best Buy

Best Buy Co., Inc. {{nyse|BBY}} is the largest specialty retailer of consumer electronics, personal computers and related goods in North America. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, and Future Shop in Canada, which together operate over 700 stores in the United States and Canada. It is headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota.

Incidents

On May 27, 2005, a New Port Richey, Florida, resident named Marlene Anne Bagnall allegedly held a Best Buy service technician at gunpoint due to his alleged inability to repair a television. The aforementioned television had been serviced several times that week, though had not worked to Bagnall's satisfaction. Apparently, the 58-year old John Meyer was held at gunpoint, with Bagnall demanding that the retailer give her a new television. Meyer could not call the police as she, allegedly, threatened to kill him as well as turn the weapon on herself (see: murder suicide) were he to do so. Once an unnamed Best Buy employee verbally promised the 44-year old Bagnall that she would receive a new television, Meyer was allowed to leave.

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May 27 - 2005 - New Port Richey, Florida - Murder suicide

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After leaving the premises, Meyer immediately called the local sheriff's office, which resulted in Bagnall's arrest. She was summarily charged with aggravated assault and unlawful imprisonment. She was subsequently released on a $10,000 bail prior to May 29, 2005, and has apparently had a history of mental disorders, which her husband claimed were being treated with medications. (Sources: http://www.sptimes.com/2005/05/29/Pasco/Broken_TV_leads_to_ch.shtml, http://politics.yahoo.com/s/ct/20050602/cr_ct/womanpullsgunontvtechnician)

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Sheriff - Bail - May 29 - 2005 - Mental disorders

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