CPD SEEKING WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SPED AWAY FROM SHOPLIFTING SCENE WITH SMALL CHILD

Leslie Denise Crockett

            POLICE IN CLARKSVILLE ARE LOOKING FOR A WOMAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SPED AWAY FROM GOVERNORS’ SQUARE MALL WITH A SMALL CHILD AFTER SHOPLIFTING FROM A STORE MONDAY.

            A NEWS RELEASE SAYS A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER AT A STORE WITNESSED A WOMAN STEALING SEVERAL ITEMS AND CONFRONTED HER WITH HIS CREDENTIALS.

            THE WOMAN FLED TO THE PARKING LOT WITH A CHILD LIKELY BETWEEN THE AGES OF 3 AND 5. SHE ALLEGEDLY DIDN’T RESTRAIN THE CHILD BEFORE SPEEDING AWAY AND RUNNING A RED LIGHT TO GET AWAY.

            RUNNING THE VEHICLE’S TAGS DETERMINED THE SUSPECT WAS 33-YEAR OLD LESLIE DENISE CROCKETT OF CLARKSVILLE. ARREST WARRANTS FOR RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, THEFT, CHILD ABUSE AND DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE WERE ISSUED FOR CROCKETT.

            ANYONE KNOWING HER WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CALL CLARKSVILLE POLICE.

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