( KRON ) – A high-speed chase occurred after a man and woman allegedly stole more than $1,000 of merchandise at Walmart, according to a press release from the Windsor Police Department and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.
Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies were alerted to a robbery at Walmart in Windsor around 4 p.m. on Friday. Deputies were informed of a man and a woman loading a shopping cart with more than $1,000 worth of merchandise.
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The woman exited the store and got into a vehicle. The man was heading to the exit with the shopping cart when a loss prevention officer stopped the suspect. According to deputies, the loss prevention officer was on the phone with the Sheriff’s Office dispatch center when the suspect destroyed the loss prevention officer’s phone and assaulted him.
The man filled the car with the stolen merchandise and began to flee with the woman in the passenger seat, according to deputies.