A disgruntled employee is alleged to have destroyed hundreds of items at a Cody discount store this month.

Authorities are seeking the arrest of Andrew C. Shanks, a Dallas resident who’d been working at the Dollar Tree on Cody’s West Strip.

The Park County Attorney’s Office has charged Shanks with a felony count of property destruction, alleging he caused more than $1,000 worth of damage by throwing a variety of products on the ground.

The incident occurred on Aug. 15, with Cody police summoned to the Dollar Tree around 11 a.m. Police were told that Shanks, who was born in 1991, had only worked at the store for a couple of weeks. He’d reportedly become upset with his manager, a paycheck mixup and, ultimately, about his hours being cut.

Video surveillance footage reviewed by police showed that after being confronted by an employee, Shanks tipped over a pair of carts loaded with merchandise. He then walked down a nearby aisle “with both arms extended, knocking product off the shelves on both sides of the aisle,” Cody Police Officer Brandon Tilman wrote in an affidavit.

When Tilman arrived, he saw a pool noodle display had been tossed to the ground outside the store. Inside, he observed various boxes and bottles of shampoo products on the floor, with some that “appeared to be leaking liquid.”

The store’s manager ultimately reported that 839 items were unable to be resold. She put the total damage at $1,048.75 — just above the felony threshold.

Tilman later spoke to the suspect in a series of short phone conversations, recalling that Shank was speaking loudly and angrily and at times used profanity.

“Shanks would not let me speak as he kept rambling about the corruption of the Dollar Tree,” the officer wrote.

Over the course of the conversations, Shanks allegedly said he had damaged the store’s property to make a statement and that if he was charged, he would cut his wrists to prove a point.

Tilman said he asked Shanks to provide a written statement, but the suspect responded that “he didn’t want to incriminate himself and he was not coming back to Wyoming.”

It’s possible that Shanks could be returned to Wyoming against his will: If he’s arrested on the active circuit court warrant in another state, authorities could seek to have him extradited back to Cody to face the allegations.

Shanks — who was reportedly living out of his Dodge Caravan — had not been taken into Park County custody as of Wednesday.