A 29-year-old man is accused of threatening to cut security staff at Pasco's Ranch & Home if they wouldn't let him leave with a stolen sweatshirt.

Daniel Thomas Crouchet of Kennewick pleaded innocent to second-degree robbery. His trial is March 7.

Pasco officers were called to the North Oregon Avenue store Jan. 6 for reports of the alleged theft.

Security employees told police they saw Crouchet enter the store with several other people, grab a Carhartt sweatshirt and put it on, intending to steal it, court documents said.

They confronted Crouchet in the store, but he ran. They followed him and struggled to subdue him, documents said.

While the security officers were struggling with Crouchet, he broke free and pulled an "oblong object" from his pocket, adding that he would cut them if they didn't stay away, documents said.

Later, when Crouchet was arrested, he allegedly told Pasco police that he intended to scare them so he could escape. He is being held on $100,000 bail.