Woman Sought in Store Altercation

FAYETTEVILLE -- Police are looking for a woman who fled after an altercation Sunday afternoon at Walmart, 3919 Mall Ave.

The suspect tried to steal merchandise from the store, and was taken to the loss prevention office. While there, the woman pushed an employee and head-butted another, according to a police report.

When she pushed the employee, the person fell into a shopping cart, causing a child that was with the suspect to fall on the floor. The suspect left the child behind and fled through the store, police said.

While police searched inside the store, the suspect left the parking lot in the vehicle that she and Karen Clark arrived in, said Sgt. Craig Stout, Fayetteville public information officer.

Clark, 50, of 5802 Samantha St. Apt. B, is the mother of the suspect and grandmother of the child, police said. Police did not release the name of the suspect.

When questioned by police, Clark was uncooperative, according to the report. She said she didn't know the suspect, yet she called and texted the suspect several times while speaking with authorities, police said.

Clark was arrested in connection with misdemeanor obstructing governmental operations, and released the same day on a $535 bond.

The child was turned over to protective services, Stout said.

NW News on 06/17/2014

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