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20-Year-Old Woman Kicks Cops After Stealing from Walmart
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40:35Now PlayingAround 6:04 PM on March 30, 2024, officers with the Neptune Township Police Department responded to a report of a shoplifting at Walmart involving a female wearing attempting to leave with 2 shopping carts full of unpaid merchandise. One of the officers located a female wearing a black sweatshirt with a lime-colored hood, and she would later be identified as Skye Smith. He detained her as 2 other officers walked inside to meet with loss prevention and review the surveillance footage. Since she attempted to leave and disobeyed the officers’ instructions, they informed her that she was under arrest.
As they attempted to place the handcuffs on her, she kicked Officers Wienberg and Robertson. She continued to resist before eventually being placed in handcuffs. Skye was searched by Officer Danielle DePalma before being placed in the patrol car and transported to the Neptune Township Polcie Department for further processing.
The value of items she attempted to steal was $574.89. Skye was charged with the following: Shoplifting $500-$74,999 (2C:20-11B(1)), aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer (2C:12-1B(5)(A)), obstructing the administration of law (2C:29-1A), and resisting arrest (2C:29-2A(1))
Court records indicate that Skye was later arrested again in Red Bank, New Jersey on September 3, 2024.
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