A Gainesville woman tried to steal merchandise from a Walmart on Friday morning and hit, screamed and spat at employees and police who tried to stop her, Gainesville Police said.
Keiarra Lanae Redd, 18, pretended to scan 19 items worth $132.71 at a self-checkout aisle in Walmart, located at 5700 NW 23rd St., and walked out of the store at about 10 a.m., according to an arrest report. A Walmart employee stopped Redd and tried to bring her back into the store.
“I don’t have time for this,” Redd said, according to the report, before shoving the employee.
Police officers helped bring Redd back into the store, but she tried to leave again, twisting away from an officer and yelling “don’t touch me,” according to the report.
Redd called an officer who was putting her in handcuffs a “racist a-- b----,” police said.
She hit another officer, leaving a bruise on the left side of the officer’s face, according to the report.
Eventually, Redd stopped fighting and began screaming in the face of police, slinging spit onto the eyelids and cheeks of police officers, according to the report.
She charged with petty theft, resisting an officer without violence, simple battery and battery on a police officer. She was taken to the Alachua County Jail, where she remains, as of press time, in lieu of a $40,000 bond.
Contact Robert Lewis at rlewis@alligator.org. Follow him on Twitter @Lewis__Robert.
Keiarra Lanae Redd
