Police: Shoplifter urinates on loss-prevention officer

An accused shoplifter struggled with a loss-prevention officer and later urinated on him, police said.

Tricia Stroup, 44, is facing charges of robbery and criminal trespass.

According to a Little Rock Police Department report, a loss-prevention officer at the Kohl's at 13909 Chenal Parkway tried to stop Stroup on the parking lot Wednesday night after she left the store with nearly $350 in merchandise she hadn't paid for.

Stroup then "became combative, swinging her fists at the loss prevention officer" before attempting to flee, the report said.

A brief struggle ensued before the officer "managed to control the subject," the report said, adding Stroup "then urinated on him."

No injuries were reported.

Police say Stroup had previously been banned from Kohl's because of shoplifting. She remained in the Pulaski County jail Thursday morning on the new charges as well as a failure to appear charge and holds from agencies in Maumelle and Bryant.

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