Shoplifter leads police on high speed chase www.privateofficer.com
Posted by privateofficernews on July 10, 2009
DAYTON OH July 10 2009 — A 46-year-old woman suspected of shoplifting from the Dayton Mall on Tuesday, July 7, led police on a high-speed pursuit from Miami Twp. into the city of Dayton that ended in her arrest.
The West Carrollton resident was taken into custody at 4:42 p.m. on the off-ramp to North Main Street off Interstate 75 after her red Ford Aerostar van bogged down in rush hour traffic, Miami Twp. police Deputy Chief John DiPietro said.
Her name was not made available.
According to an initial investigation, mall security approached the woman as she sat in her van on suspicion of stealing polo-style shirts from the Elder Beerman store, DiPietro said.
The shirts were valued at $75 each, but how many shirts were taken was not made immediately clear.
Miami Twp. police, who monitor mall security radio traffic, dispatched an officer to the mall.
The officer was able to box in the van against or near another vehicle near the intersection of Ohio 725 and Ohio 741, heading northbound. The woman sped off after ignoring the officer’s command to get out of the vehicle and trying to run over the officer, DiPietro said.
The officer, whose name was not made available, was not seriously hurt but apparently did knock out the driver’s side window of the van, he said.
That officer and another who apparently suffered some bruises during the pursuit will be taken to a hospital, DiPietro said.
The woman headed north on 741, where other officers joined in the pursuit, and then made her way onto I-75 north until she was stopped at the exit to North Main Street, DiPietro said.
Police will have the van towed and will take the woman to the Montgomery County Jail.
The West Carrollton resident was taken into custody at 4:42 p.m. on the off-ramp to North Main Street off Interstate 75 after her red Ford Aerostar van bogged down in rush hour traffic, Miami Twp. police Deputy Chief John DiPietro said.
Her name was not made available.
According to an initial investigation, mall security approached the woman as she sat in her van on suspicion of stealing polo-style shirts from the Elder Beerman store, DiPietro said.
The shirts were valued at $75 each, but how many shirts were taken was not made immediately clear.
Miami Twp. police, who monitor mall security radio traffic, dispatched an officer to the mall.
The officer was able to box in the van against or near another vehicle near the intersection of Ohio 725 and Ohio 741, heading northbound. The woman sped off after ignoring the officer’s command to get out of the vehicle and trying to run over the officer, DiPietro said.
The officer, whose name was not made available, was not seriously hurt but apparently did knock out the driver’s side window of the van, he said.
That officer and another who apparently suffered some bruises during the pursuit will be taken to a hospital, DiPietro said.
The woman headed north on 741, where other officers joined in the pursuit, and then made her way onto I-75 north until she was stopped at the exit to North Main Street, DiPietro said.
Police will have the van towed and will take the woman to the Montgomery County Jail.
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