December 10, 2010 Target security agents attacked-woman charged with robbery www.privateofficer.com
MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio Dec 10 2010– A local law enforcement agency arrested two women in Miami Township on Thursday night after they were stopped in the 8000 block of Springboro Pike around 7 p.m. for allegedly shoplifting.
Authorities said the women may lose their two infants, who were with them in the car when the theft occurred.
Police said security guards in the Target store watched one of the women steal merchandise on surveillance video. When they tried to stop her from leaving, she scratched one of the guards and ran to her car, police said.
Authorities soon stopped the vehicle and found merchandise in the car that had been reported stolen from the Target store, police said.
Authorities confirmed that there were children in the car when the female suspects were arrested.
“With all the stores and all the shopping centers, why people still make these decisions is amazing to me,” Miami Township Maj. John DePietro said.
Police said the women stole about $250 worth of merchandise from the store.
“Good teamwork, good police work. We’re happy to have two more shoplifters off the streets tonight,” DePietro said.
Other shoppers seemed shocked to hear about the robbery.
“You have to show your kids what the proper thing to do is, and then for them to see mommy carrying out bags of stuff she knows she didn’t pay for, you know, the kids are going to want to do that stuff,” Franklin resident Kristina Hertel said.
Police said one of the women will be charged with robbery since she attacked the security guard. The other will be charged with theft and receiving stolen property and they may both face charges of child endangering.
The children will stay with another relative, police said.
Source:WHIO
