A Carlisle, Pennsylvania, man is facing charges after police say he deliberately coughed near a senior citizen who was wearing a medical face mask in a Cumberland County grocery store on Friday.

According to the North Middleton Township Police Department, Daniel Tabussi, 57, is now facing charges of terroristic threats, simple assault by physical menace, disorderly conduct and harassment.

Police say the incident occurred Friday at the Karns grocery store on the 1700 block of Spring Road. An elderly man, recovering from pneumonia and wearing gloves and a face mask due to the increased coronavirus risk to older people, was shopping during the senior-only hours.

Tabussi approached him and made coughing sounds while smiling and laughing, police say.

Tabussi also mocked the older man for wearing a mask and, more than once, told him he has the coronavirus, police say.

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A hearing date has not yet been set.

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