1 in custody, 2 sought in theft from Huber Heights clothing store
Published:Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 8:12 PM
Updated:Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 9:56 PM
UPDATE @ 9:25 p.m.: Police are still looking for two women suspected of stealing clothes from Justice, a clothing store in Huber Heights, speeding away and then running from a collision on I-75 South at Benchwood Drive in Butler Twp.
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Police apprehended a third woman who ran from the crash and released two other women who were left behind in the wreckage, Huber Heights police Sgt. Brandon Sucher said.
Police were called to Justice, in the Northpark Center, 8275 Old Troy Pike (state Route 202), just after 7 p.m. on a report of a theft in progress.
Witnesses told police that two of a group of five women in the store ran out carrying armloads of clothing and their getaway car hit a vehicle as it left the parking lot. One of the witnesses followed the getaway car, a Volkswagen sedan, and saw the collision on I-75 South.
That collision, involving a Chevy Tahoe, sent a 2-year-old passenger in the SUV to a hospital, the sergeant said. The child's injuries were believed to be minor.
The getaway vehicle continued after the collision, but then became disabled minutes later. That's when three of the five women got out and ran, Sucher said.
If you have information that can help locate the two suspects, you are asked to call Huber Heights police at 937-225-1565.
INITIAL REPORT
Huber Heights police have two women in custody and are looking for at least one more woman in a reported theft of clothing from Justice, a retailer in the Northpark Center.
We're hearing the theft, which occurred at the store, 8275 Old Troy Pike (state Route 202) just after 7 p.m., involved a speedy getaway and at least two collisions involving the suspect's vehicle.
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We've checked with police for preliminary details and are awaiting word.
A Huber Heights resident contacted our newsroom to report that she and her husband heard the commotion coming from the store.
According to Sue (we're not using her last name because police are still looking for at least one suspect), as many as four women came running from Justice, two of them with arms full of clothes.
A citizen tried to block the getaway car, Sue said, and a second citizen removed a towel covering the license plate on the getaway car and took a photograph. She said the getaway car hit at least one vehicle as it sped off.
"You don't expect something like that at a children's clothing store," Sue said.
We're hearing the getaway vehicle crashed in Butler Twp. and that police are searching woods in the area of I-75, Benchwood Road and Miller Lane after the suspects ran from the vehicle.
We're also hearing that sheriff’s deputies from Harrison Twp., troopers with the Ohio Highway patrol and police from Butler Twp. and MetroParks are helping in the search.
We will update this developing report. Stay with whio.com for breaking news.
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