Woodstock Officer Dragged By Car While Trying To Arrest Shoplifter

WOODSTOCK, GA -- A Marietta woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon on charges of shoplifting and injuring a Woodstock officer who attempted to take her into custody following the incident. Police were dispatched around 2:15 p.m. Oct. 4 to Kohl's on Highway 92 after receiving a call of a shoplifting in progress at the store.

Officers arrived on the scene while the female subject was leaving the store and getting into her vehicle, said Woodstock police spokesperson Brittany Duncan. An officer tried to make contact with the woman in the parking lot.

"He approached the driver’s side door and was in contact with the door when the driver fled in her vehicle," Duncan added. "The officer was subsequently dragged for a distance."

Information about the incident and the vehicle was dispatched to area agencies, and the Marietta Police Department apprehended the woman -- identified as 28-year-old Amy Ridge -- in the area of Barnes Mill Road (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

Ridge, a Marietta resident, was taken into custody and is charged with misdemeanor shoplifting, obstruction of an officer, aggravated assault against an officer, reckless driving, possession of a schedule II drug, attempting to elude police and driving with an expired tag.

Duncan said the officer suffered minor injuries, for which he was treated at the scene.

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Photo: Amy Ridge. Credit: Cherokee Sheriff's Office