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Police: Victoria's theft no secret

A Philadelphia woman observed stealing $423 worth of perfume from the Victoria's Secret store in the Exton Mall on Tuesday responded to pursuing officers by spraying them, but not with fragrance, police said.

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Police: Victoria's theft no secret

POSTED: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 4:51 PM
Shanitta Hunter is accused of stealing more than $400 worth of perfume from Victoria's Secret.

A Philadelphia woman observed stealing $423 worth of perfume from the Victoria's Secret store in the Exton Mall on Tuesday responded to pursuing officers by spraying them, but not with fragrance, police said.

At about 8 p.m., officers located 19-year-old Shanitta J. Hunter in a parking garage at the mall. Police said that although she was ordered to stop, Hunter continued to flee on foot and directed what later proved  to be pepper spray at the approaching officers, who took her into custody before being treated at the scene by ambulance personnel due to the effects of the spray.

Hunter,  who has been arrested at least twice in Montgomery County for retail theft, was charged with retail theft, resisting arrest, aggravated assault, and related offenses and remanded to Chester County Prison after failing to post $25,000 cash bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.

kathleen brady shea @ 4:51 PM  Permalink | 20 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:12 PM, 10/19/2011
    get a job!!
    randomm82
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:20 PM, 10/19/2011
    These people think stealing is their job.
    taxmanndumbeth
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:43 PM, 10/19/2011
    She'll figure it out - someday.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:45 PM, 10/19/2011
    put her down,like a disobedient dog
    kyle856
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:54 PM, 10/19/2011
    Or maybe she tried finding a job and realized that after Wall Street stole and transferred all of our wealth and shipped all of the good paying jobs over seas that it would take her a year of working for today's retail wages to pay it off.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:56 PM, 10/19/2011
    Then again Judge...NOT!!! Bet her parents taught her how to steal. Good parenting, isn't that what we try to teach our children.
    cb54
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:50 PM, 10/19/2011
    Monkey see, monkey do.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:50 PM, 10/19/2011
    I hope in addition to the theft, they charge her with assault on a police officer!
    TheGuyfromPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:05 PM, 10/19/2011
    Simple assault against a cop is aggravated assault. She was charged.
    CPL33
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:51 PM, 10/19/2011
    Oops, I just noticed her skin color, apologies for the above comment, didn't mean it like that.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:53 PM, 10/19/2011
    Am I seeing this correctly? Does she have a pierced eyelid? What is that on her right eye?
    J H
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:04 PM, 10/19/2011
    Well she NEEDS piercings and perfume, because w/out she's too ugly to get a John.... (I mean boyfriend). So she HAD to steal the perfume. It's society's fault.
    turkytom
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:29 PM, 10/19/2011
    Obviously the girl was elated at the fragrance of the perfume and merely wanted to share it with the boys in blue. So how is it a crime to want to make others smell nice?!? :) I need to wipe down my keyboard now, I got sarcasm all over it!!
    gravedygr


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