Crime & Safety
2 Charged For Shoplifting, Attacking Store Owner: Nassau Police
Police say the two were trying to steal from a story when the owner tried to stop them. So police say they attacked him and fled.
Nassau Police arrested two women who they say attacked the owner of a beauty supply store when he tried to stop them from shoplifting.
According to police, the two women entered Ebony Beauty Supply on West Merrick Road in Freeport at 3:15 p.m. on Oct. 13. The owner recognized one of the women, who police say had previously shoplifted from the store.
Police say the owner saw the woman shoplifting again, confronted her as she was leaving, and asked to see her bag. The woman became enraged, punched the owner in the face, then fled the store with the other woman, police said. As the two women were fleeing, one reached into the other's bag and threw stolen merchandise on the store's floor.
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On Wednesday, police arrested Jennifer Steele-Taylor, 36, of Baldwin, and Jennifer Dadd, 37, of Hempstead. They are both charged with second-degree assault, third-degree criminal mischief and two counts of second-degree robbery.
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