Bystander Uses Car to Block Shoplifters' Escape: Police

ANNAPOLIS, MD — Two Baltimore women reportedly compounded a likely shoplifting arrest into assault and carjacking charges when they attacked a bystander trying to stop their getaway.

Anne Arundel County Police received a call Saturday afternoon reporting a shoplifting in progress at Westfield Annapolis Mall. The suspects allegedly stole $1,427.23 worth of clothing from a store and then attempted to flee the scene in a vehicle.

A bystander saw the pair of female suspects get into a vehicle and blocked them in with their vehicle, official said. The suspects reportedly hit the bystander’s vehicle in an effort to get away, but were unsuccessful.

Police say the two women then tried to pull the bystander from their vehicle to flee from the scene. When the suspects could not get into the vehicle, they fled on foot.

Patrol officers found the two suspects hiding in a nearby parking lot and took them into custody.

The suspects and charges are:

• Diasiah D. Chapman, 22, of Patterson Park Avenue in Baltimore was charged with second-degree assault, attempted carjacking and theft.
• Daysaja K. Nickleson, 21, of East Oliver Street in Baltimore was charged with first- ad second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, theft and conspiracy to carjack.

»Suspect photos of Diasiah D. Chapman, left, and Daysaja K. Nickleson from Anne Arundel County Police