Sicklerville Woman Threatened To Shoot Walmart Security, Hit Cop With Car: PD

TURNERSVILLE, NJ — A Sicklerville woman confronted for shoplifting at Walmart faces additional charges for her attempted escape, authorities said.

Officers responded to Walmart of Turnersville at 8:46 p.m. Saturday for a reported shoplifter. The suspect — later identified as Ivory Ajamu — told a loss-prevention employee that she would "shoot him up," according to the Washington Township Police Department.

Ofc. Marc Wolfe, the first-arriving officer, found Ajamu and her vehicle in the parking lot. Wolfe stopped her vehicle in the lot and radioed that he was in a "foot pursuit," police said.

Ajamu ran across six lanes of traffic on Route 42 before Wolfe arrested her in a business's parking lot across the street, authorities said. Wolfe wasn't injured during the incident.

Ajamu was charged with aggravated assault on police, shoplifting, resisting arrest, refusal to be fingerprinted, obstruction of justice and criminal trespassing. She was placed in the Salem County Correctional Facility, which provides jailing services for Gloucester County.

Anyone with additional information on this incident can contact the Washington Township Police Detective Bureau at 856-589-0330.