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Shoplifter hiding in mall fitting room refuses to leaveLafayette IN

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Sagamore Pkwy S, Lafayette, IN 47905

According to the dispatch call, a white female suspect attempted to steal about $500 worth of merchandise from a mall store and is currently hiding in the women's fitting room refusing to leave. Police are coordinating to contain the situation at near Sagamore Parkway South mall in Lafayette.

Audio|Heard on: Tippecanoe County Law Enforcement
Listen to dispatch call
05:20
Transcript:
00:00
I can get a go on Zone 3 and if I can head tools for in the mall.
00:04
It's going to be for a current shoplifting that's going on.
00:08
515, you can switch me.
00:10
Clear.
00:22
Yeah, 518 on 3.
00:23
Can we just keep this channel for the check well being? I'm from you know as a reference to the shop, but I think it's going to be a white female wearing a white coat, pink shirt, and black stocking cap.
00:37
She attempted to try to steal about $500 worth of products who's currently hiding out in the women's fitting room, refusing to leave white female late 40s.
00:47
Clear.
00:50
The address is going to be through calls.
00:57
Special (number withheld).
00:59
Go ahead.
01:05
Sagittor.
01:07
With Mitchell,
01:09
Wayne David, (number withheld).
01:14
(number withheld).
01:16
531. Just to clarify, did they stop her before she could steal the items or does she still have them on her person?
01:25
Good.
01:27
Do you see a 31 back there?
01:31
She hasn't tried to leave the building yet and they haven't tried to make an approach on her just yet.
01:36
She just keeps stuffing more items under her apparel items that she already collected with her.
01:43
Copy.
01:49
Apparently every time she's about to get approached, fire the phone she runs away.
01:58
Officer, it's this White House right here.
02:01
Yeah, I've got it back in.
02:07
515 and 531.
02:10
Go ahead.
02:12
Lafayette 518-on-3.
02:14
Can you run a reverse 28 on Brits? See if you on the White Cadillac?
02:18
Probably.
02:19
Are you going inside or are you just wanting to stay outside and see if she passes all points of sale?
02:27
I'm going to go inside and tell us to have to kind of keep the eyes on her.
02:30
I'm going to wait until she passes the points of sales before we move in.
02:34
Purdue,
02:36
signal 27[1].
02:38
72. Copy, I'm coming up Concord right now.
02:43
432, 28.
02:45
McCormick and cast roll.
02:47
It's going to be a tan Chevy Blazer,
02:50
Indiana,
02:51
739, boy,
02:54
X-ray, Victor.
02:56
42.
02:58
268, Frank, Adam, Sam.
03:01
Yep.
03:05
I'll say 5.7.8.
03:08
Go ahead.
03:13
Running catalog that's empty.
03:16
It's going to be War Union William (number withheld) version Godplice.
03:21
Copy.
03:22
Copy. 45, another 28.
03:25
495. 495.
03:29
148, signal 42.
03:32
Go ahead. Got a plate.
03:33
Boy, William Paul, (number withheld), expiration with Dodge.
03:38
Copy.
03:39
43, that comes back to Cornelis, Purdue.
03:44
Valid, signal 80, voted alerted as a violent predator.
03:49
Lindberg and Ida.
03:52
I'll get you at 28 in a second.
03:55
Okay.
03:56
Well, I'll be a 515.
03:58
Go ahead.
03:59
To be a white female wearing blue jeans,
04:02
white, black and pink shoes,
04:04
a white and brown sweater top with a pink undershirt, and then a black sock hat with pink lettering on it.
04:12
Females also be wearing glasses with blonde hair.
04:15
Clear.
04:17
515. 515.
04:18
Yeah,
04:20
go ahead.
04:21
Form 48, that's going to be in Minnesota plate.
04:23
Thank you, next right door is 266.
04:26
Okay.
04:27
495.
04:29
Fine. The Dodge comes back to...
04:33
We could stage one unit outside the main entrance door, and then another unit over by the gate side.
04:40
Those are only two exits that the female can attempt to stay from.
04:44
Close the go to go ahead, and they're going to roll the long gate halfway down.
04:48
They just can't close it completely.
04:50
Brett,
04:52
the white catalog comes back to Rodney Sanders.
04:55
Copy, yeah, 536 is at your squad, so I'll go to gate five.
05:01
Okay, thank you.
05:03
515, 531, just to confirm that's going to be on the west side of the building, correct?
05:08
Yeah, affirm the cold, it should be the Kohl's entry/exit door right across the street from the cafe's restaurant.
05:16
Copy on stage.
05:19
Thank you.
Police codes explained
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[1]
signal 27: EMS/Medical call

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Sagamore Pkwy S, Lafayette, IN 47905

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