Threatened to shoot one man if he tried to leave

The owner of a Peachtree City jewelry shop was arrested last week for taking customer dissatisfaction to a new level.

William Samaniego, owner of MGR Jewelers in the Kedron Village shopping center, became upset Wednesday afternoon at two contractors representing AT&T who were attempting to sell him a business plan for the store, police said.

Apparently Samaniego was upset about the plan he had purchased for his other store in Union City, police said. At first Samaniego asked for the contractors’ personal information and when they only gave him the AT&T contact number he pulled a 9mm Smith and Wesson handgun on both men, police said.

One of the men ran out of the store while the other froze when Samaniego said, “If you try to leave I will shoot you,” police said.

Samaniego was apprehended without difficulty by officers, who charged him with aggravated assault and kidnapping, police said.

The incident was originally reported at 4:20 p.m. as a 911 hang-up but dispatchers were able to confirm a dispute was ongoing before officers arrived, police said.

The contractors were employees of Wentworth Marketing Company and were not agents of AT&T, police said.