A 38-year-old East Price Hill woman is facing multiple charges after police say she used children to steal merchandise from a Dick’s Sporting Goods store, then led officers on a chase that ended in a crash with several kids still inside her car near Kenwood Towne Centre.
Kianna McMeans appeared in court after police said she fled from officers with children in her car following the alleged theft, according to Local 12. Police said they tried to stop McMeans for the alleged theft, but she fled instead, prompting a short chase that ended when her vehicle crashed near the shopping center. Officers said McMeans had used children to steal merchandise from the store before the pursuit began.
Hamilton County jail booking logs show McMeans was booked into custody on August 6, 2026, facing four formal counts: failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer, obstructing official business, endangering children, and contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child, according to Hamilton County Mugshots. The Dick’s Sporting Goods involved sits in Sycamore Plaza along Montgomery Road in Sycamore Township, directly adjoining the roughly 1-million-square-foot Kenwood Towne Centre, per Sibcy Cline REALTORS. It’s one of the busiest retail corridors in suburban Cincinnati.
A Long Drive From East Price Hill
East Price Hill, listed as McMeans’ residence in booking records, is an urban neighborhood on Cincinnati’s West Side located roughly 15 miles southwest of the suburban Kenwood shopping corridor, according to the City of Cincinnati. That distance underscores how far the alleged chain of events traveled — from a West Side neighborhood to a high-traffic suburban retail hub — before ending in a crash…