Shoplifter arrested after hitting elderly woman with shopping cart in Coconut Creek

COCONUT CREEK, Florida — A shoplifting incident turned violent when a suspect struck a 71-year-old woman with a shopping cart during his escape, according to the Coconut Creek Police Department. The incident occurred on January 3rd at 12:01 p.m. in the Publix parking lot on the 4800 block of Coconut Creek Parkway.Officers responded to a 911 call reporting the theft and the subsequent assault. The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Jaki Victor, of Coral Springs, was seen pushing the cart near the intersection of Coconut Creek Parkway and Lyons Road. Despite initially refusing to comply with police orders, Victor was safely apprehended and charged with battery of a person 65 years or older, felony theft, and resisting arrest, according to the police department.The elderly woman was transported to HCA Florida Northwest Hospital in Margate, where she received treatment and was later released. Victor was booked into the Broward County Jail, as stated in the police report.

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