An Alabama girl who robbed a jewellery retailer and sprayed bear spray inside earlier this week was beforehand wished for robbing somebody exterior a Lowe’s retailer in North Carolina.
Heather Denise Wright, 32, whipped out bear spray after spreading some vacation cheer, The Messenger beforehand reported.
Police stated they focused Jeff Dennis Jewelers, positioned in Gardendale, Alabama, about 10 miles north of Birmingham, on Wednesday. She entered the shop sporting a face masks and stated: “Completely happy holidays. I don’t wish to harm you all, however I do,” the store proprietor stated.
She then started capturing bear spray from a can, prompting retailer proprietor Jeff Dennis to shoot her.
“I had no alternative as soon as I began spraying the bear spray as a result of I did not know what was going to occur subsequent,” Dennis stated.
“This was traumatic for all of us, however it might have been a lot worse,” Dennis stated in a Fb put up.
Wright acquired three counts of first-degree theft and three counts of felony use of protection spray, police stated.
This isn’t the primary time Wright has been accused of theft. In August, native CBS affiliate WBTV reported that police issued a warrant for her arrest after officers responded to a theft name exterior a Lowe’s retailer in Harmony, North Carolina.
On Monday, July 31, Wright and one other suspect allegedly fled the scene in a automobile after police arrived, native NBC affiliate WCNC reported.
The Harmony Police Division issued a warrant for her arrest on expenses of armed theft with a harmful weapon, felony theft, and misdemeanor theft.