Shoplifter arrested for assaulting security officers www.privateofficer.com

MANATEE COUNTY FLA Dec 25 2009 – Jamal Barnes, 40, tried to steal two comforter sets out of Sears on Monday and then became violent with security personnel when questioned, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office report.

According to the report:

Barnes was approached by a loss prevention specialist and a mall security guard in the Sears parking at the DeSoto Square mall; he punched each of them sending both to the ground.

Barnes first struck loss prevention specialist Chris Waiters in the chest knocking him to the ground and then punched Heather Zavellos in the ribs before fleeing into his vehicle. With three mall security workers near his car, he gunned it in reverse causing the vehicle to strike and knock all of them to the ground.

Barnes was arrested Tuesday night in the 800 block of 64th Avenue Drive East and reportedly admitted to deputies that he may have hit the mall security workers in an attempt to get away. He was charged with aggravated battery and aggravated battery with a vehicle. Bond was to be determined for both charges.

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