MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — Authorities arrested a Memphis woman in Nashville on Friday after she allegedly led officers on a pursuit from a shoplifting incident in Mt. Juliet.
The Mt. Juliet Police Department said the suspect — a 39-year-old woman — got in a car and fled from Kroger after she was accused of shoplifting. She reportedly sideswiped another vehicle as she drove away, and evaded officers on Golden Bear Gateway.
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MJPD issued a pursuit alert at 2:40 p.m. Friday in relation to the incident. Ten minutes later, the alert was canceled.
Detectives with the Metro Nashville Police Department and MJPD tracked the car to a hotel in Nashville using license plate readers and surveillance cameras, and the woman was arrested Friday evening.
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