3 Charged With Robbery, Felony Shoplifting In Cartersville

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- Three people have been charged in connection to a shoplifting incident where a store employee trying to break up the crime was thrown to the ground. The three subjects -- two women and one man -- entered Belk at 600 Cherokee Place around 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22.

The group made its way towards the area where the Brahmin purses -- valued at about $300 each -- were being stored. Belk employees "observed the suspects cutting anti-theft cords in an attempt to steal the purses," the Cartersville Police Department said on its Facebook page.

An employee confronted one of the female suspects in an effort to prevent her from carrying out the alleged shoplifting.

"At that point the male suspect shoved the Belk employee to the ground, and all three suspects fled from the store in a silver Dodge Magnum," the police department added.

With the help eye witnesses, Belk loss prevention staff and detectives following up on leads, investigators were able to identify the suspects as Letisha Green, Lateefah Johnson and Rodney Reese.

Arrest warrants were issued for all three on charges of robbery by force and felony shoplifting. Reese and Green were apprehended Nov. 1 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. However, Johnson remains at large.

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