Connecticut Bakery Turns into Chaos After Bear Mace Is Deployed

According to FOX 61, a West Hartford bakery found itself in the middle of absolute chaos after a verbal argument turned into something far more serious.

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Police say a 21-year-old man from Newington got into an argument with another man outside Cha Papi bakery. Instead of ending there, the situation escalated when the victim ran inside the bakery for help. The other man followed, opened the door, and sprayed what employees described as a large canister of bear mace into the store.

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Customers and staff had no idea what was happening or what was in the air. People struggled to breathe, employees rushed to lock the front door, and everyone fled out the back as police responded. The suspect was arrested a short distance away and now faces multiple charges, including assault, reckless endangerment, and breach of peace. Thankfully, no one was physically injured, though employees say everyone was shaken. After a deep clean, the bakery reopened the next day with strong community support.

Now… let me be very clear before anyone calls my lawyer.

I so badly want to spray someone with bear mace right in the face sometimes. Not actually do it — just want to. Ideally, it would be reserved for people who refuse to use their blinker, the hero who rides up the shoulder at an obnoxious merge, the person aggressively zig-zagging through traffic like it’s a video game, or the monster who cuts the line at a movie theater concession stand when everyone else has been waiting patiently. We could probably add slow left-lane campers and people who stop dead at the top of an escalator too.

That said, there are only two reasons I have yet to purchase bear mace. One, I’d be way too willing to use it. And two, I’ve heard when you actually deploy it, there’s a very good chance you’ll also suffer its effects — and frankly, I don’t hate myself enough for that.

So yeah… maybe let’s all just keep the bear mace for bears.