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Prattville Al Feb 26 2009
Two Montgomery residents are accused of taking a different slant on McGruff the Crime Dog’s well-known admonition to “take a bite out of crime.”
Their interpretation of the saying also brought a different criminal charge from the one they would have otherwise faced.
Charges against the duo, who were initially charged with shoplifting, were upgraded to robbery after one of them reportedly bit a security employee who tried to stop them from leaving a local retailer Monday with several items of merchandise for which they had allegedly not paid.
The other suspect ran into a wooded area and sparked a brief foot chase that ended when an Alabama State Trooper helped nab him in a wooded area behind Jameson Inn, just off Cobbs Ford Road.
According to Prattville Police Department reports, the suspects — 19-year-old Covecchio Deshaun Taylor and Adreanna Thomas Johnson, 20, each of whom gave a home address in the capital city — were charged with one count each of robbery in the second degree.
The incident occurred shortly before noon, when the two reportedly tried to take “about $150″ worth of baby clothes and other items from Prattville’s Big Kmart without paying for the goods.
According to reports, when the store’s loss-prevention personnel tried to detain them, Johnson resisted the attempt and allegedly bit the security officer on the upper arm, breaking the skin and drawing a small amount of blood. While his partner remained at the store and tried to prevent her arrest, Taylor ran from the store and into the wooded area.
Police Chief Alfred Wadsworth said the petty theft incident turned into a robbery when the suspect bit the security officer, thereby displaying the use of force in the commission of the alleged crime.
City police pursued the woman, and the trooper — who was reportedly working on reports at a nearby business — joined in.
The trooper was eventually able to help take Johnson into custody, putting an end to the incident, at least part of which was reportedly witnessed by several diners, shoppers and motorists in the area.
“The reports show that two suspects were caught shoplifting,” Wadsworth said. “When the loss-prevention people tried to detain them, the male suspect broke loose and ran across McQueen Smith Road and into a ditch that ran through the woods. The woman resisted the security people.”
Both suspects were taken to the Autauga Metro Jail, where bond was set at $5,000 for each. According to an employee of the jail’s booking and release division, Johnson was released late Monday after posting bond, while Taylor remained in the county lockup Tuesday afternoon
Two Montgomery residents are accused of taking a different slant on McGruff the Crime Dog’s well-known admonition to “take a bite out of crime.”
Their interpretation of the saying also brought a different criminal charge from the one they would have otherwise faced.
Charges against the duo, who were initially charged with shoplifting, were upgraded to robbery after one of them reportedly bit a security employee who tried to stop them from leaving a local retailer Monday with several items of merchandise for which they had allegedly not paid.
The other suspect ran into a wooded area and sparked a brief foot chase that ended when an Alabama State Trooper helped nab him in a wooded area behind Jameson Inn, just off Cobbs Ford Road.
According to Prattville Police Department reports, the suspects — 19-year-old Covecchio Deshaun Taylor and Adreanna Thomas Johnson, 20, each of whom gave a home address in the capital city — were charged with one count each of robbery in the second degree.
The incident occurred shortly before noon, when the two reportedly tried to take “about $150″ worth of baby clothes and other items from Prattville’s Big Kmart without paying for the goods.
According to reports, when the store’s loss-prevention personnel tried to detain them, Johnson resisted the attempt and allegedly bit the security officer on the upper arm, breaking the skin and drawing a small amount of blood. While his partner remained at the store and tried to prevent her arrest, Taylor ran from the store and into the wooded area.
Police Chief Alfred Wadsworth said the petty theft incident turned into a robbery when the suspect bit the security officer, thereby displaying the use of force in the commission of the alleged crime.
City police pursued the woman, and the trooper — who was reportedly working on reports at a nearby business — joined in.
The trooper was eventually able to help take Johnson into custody, putting an end to the incident, at least part of which was reportedly witnessed by several diners, shoppers and motorists in the area.
“The reports show that two suspects were caught shoplifting,” Wadsworth said. “When the loss-prevention people tried to detain them, the male suspect broke loose and ran across McQueen Smith Road and into a ditch that ran through the woods. The woman resisted the security people.”
Both suspects were taken to the Autauga Metro Jail, where bond was set at $5,000 for each. According to an employee of the jail’s booking and release division, Johnson was released late Monday after posting bond, while Taylor remained in the county lockup Tuesday afternoon
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