SWEETWATER, Fla. – A 14-year-old girl pepper-sprayed a Dolphin Mall store employee in the face after she and two adults snatched about $550 worth of items, police said.
According to a Sweetwater police report, Ebony Taylor, 35, Nihita Turner, 30, and the girl entered the mall’s Zumiez store Tuesday afternoon and stole several items from the display case.
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The report states that a Zumiez employee attempted to stop the three and get the items back, but told police that after one of the women pushed him three times, the 14-year-old, whom Local 10 News is not identifying because she faces juvenile charges, pepper-sprayed him in the face, forcing him to let go of the merchandise.
According to the report, the three got into a silver Nissan with a covered tag and left the mall. Police spotted the vehicle on Northwest 112th Avenue and Northwest 17th Street and attempted a traffic stop.
The three fled towards Miami International Mall in Doral, the report states, before police located the vehicle and ordered all three occupants out and detained them.
Taylor faces a charge of robbery by sudden snatching, Turner faces a charge of eluding police, and both Taylor and Turner were charged with contributing to a delinquency of a minor.