Atlantic City police officers are being credited with talking down a knife-wielding woman recently released from prison who was threatening to kill a store clerk.
Officers Valmir Loga and Christopher Dodson were called to the 1400 block of Atlantic Avenue just after 7 p.m. Tuesday for a woman with a knife refusing to leave the store, Lt. Kevin Fair said.
Octavia Watson allegedly demanded money from the clerk and, when he refused.
The Atlantic City woman was still inside the Ocean Body Oil with a knife in her hand when the officers got there, according to the report.
She refused commands to drop the knife, and instead yelled that she was going to kill the clerk, Fair said.
The officers pleaded with Watson for several minutes asking her to drop the knife, and were ultimately successful, Fair said.
Watson, 28, was then taken into custody without further incident.
She is in the Atlantic County Justice Facility on charges of robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.
Wilson was just released from prison in December, after serving three years in a similar case that included an armed robbery, her charges show.
Note: The above photo is from the defendant's state Department of Corrections page. Her Atlantic County Justice Facility mug shot is not available per policy enacted by the Atlantic County prosecutor.
