Officer Chris Rankin

Public Information Officer

903-798-3187 (office) 903-260-0294 (pager)

903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)

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Re: Shoplifter Chase

A Texarkana Arkansas man is in custody after an attempted shoplifting. On 2-20-07 at 1:40pm officers were dispatched to Millers IGA grocery in the 700 block of East Street regarding shoplifting in progress. Officers were advised that the suspect was being pursued on foot by store employees.

Officers responding to the scene located the suspect and store employees at a residence in the 700 block of Mary St. where the suspect had reportedly tried to gain entry but was refused. The suspect, Terry Grady (b/m/37 Texarkana, AR) was arrested at the sccene and charged with criminal mischief and shoplifting. He was booked into the Bi-State Jail on these misdemeanors.

According to the store employees the suspect had been observed concealing several miscellaneous items and attempting to leave without paying. When the store owner attempted to detain the suspect inside the store the suspect broke away and attempted to run. When the suspect reached the front door he ran headlong into the entrance door which did not swing outward. The door glass shattered and the suspect was able to exit the store and continue running until he was apprehended two blocks away. The suspect was apparently uninjured.

Grady is expected to appear in court on 2-22-07.

Thank you and you can visit the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department online at http://www.txkusa.org/arkpolice.