A Pinal County deputy says a Walmart shopper and her shoplifting daughter beat up on him on Monday.
According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, on September 12 at 4:20 p.m., a deputy was assaulted and injured by a 38-year-old female San Tan Valley resident, Katrina Williams, and her juvenile daughter while investigating a shoplifting report from the Wal-Mart store at 1725 W. Hunt Highway, San Tan Valley.
The Sheriff’s Office reports that a deputy responded to the Wal-Mart at 1725 W. Hunt Highway, after store security personnel reported a juvenile shoplifter and her mother had left the store and refused to comply with their request to remain on-scene for law enforcement officers.
Prior to arrival, the security officers confronted Williams, and her kids. Williams forced her daughter to return the stolen items, a gift card and makeup but they refused to remain on-scene though.
Not satisfied, a security officer followed Williams to her van and watched the van drive out of the parking lot.
The security officer directed the responding deputy to the suspect’s van.
Upon the deputy arriving in the area of the Wal-Mart, he observed a vehicle matching the vehicle described by security leaving the Wal-Mart parking lot. He observed the license plate matched the one given by security personnel. He stopped the vehicle across the street in a retail parking lot and attempted to speak to Williams about the theft.
After the deputy contacted Williams, and discovered the daughter was in the back seat of the car, he asked Williams to turn off the car and exit the vehicle.
The deputy claims that throughout the incident Williams was “uncooperative” with the deputy’s lawful commands to the point where it hindered his investigation into the theft.
The deputy claimed that Williams remained non-complaint and combative with the deputy, so he tasered her.
Williams eventually exited her vehicle only to refuse to comply with orders given to her in order to safely take her into custody. She was actively resisting the deputy’s attempts to take her into custody, yelling and further causing a disturbance. A citizen, seeing the struggle, came to the assistance of the deputy, helping to safely get her into custody.