Police: Woman caught shoplifting kicked deputy, then ran

Posted on Sat, Apr 28, 2012 : 9:21 a.m.

A woman assaulted a Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputy after she and another woman were caught trying to take things from a store, Ypsilanti Police said.

Two women went into the Dollar General Store at 50 Ecorse Road in Ypsilanti about 4:45 p.m. Friday and filled their purses with merchandise, then tried to leave, police said.

One woman was caught at the store. Sheriff’s deputies stopped the other woman, but she kicked a deputy and fled, police said. Deputies caught her in a building a short distance away, police said.

The investigation is continuing.


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