By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 23:48 BST, 21 April 2019 | Updated: 23:48 BST, 21 April 2019
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David Novinski, 34, a technician for DISH Network is accused of forcefully hugging a customer
A Colorado television technician is facing felony charges for allegedly hugging a customer so tightly that she feared her life might be in danger.
Karen Loest, 70, told KDVR-TV that 34-year-old David Novinski, a subcontractor for DISH Network, gave her a 'bear hug,' pinning her arms and chest painfully, as she was showing him out the door after he completed his work earlier this month.
The 70-year-old former sheriff's deputy said feared she might be raped, or worse.
'I walked over to see him out, and he proceeded to turn and put me in a bear hug,' Loest, a former sheriff’s deputy, said.
'At that point, I didn't know whether I was going to be raped … thrown down on the floor,' she said. 'He had me pinned — my arms and chest — and it hurt.'
She said she pushed him away and told him to leave. He then waited awhile and apologized before leaving.
Retired sheriff’s deputy Karen Loest, 70, says she feared she was going
