Little Rock mall store worker foils stripper-pole theft

A woman was chased into a common area of Little Rock's Park Plaza mall Wednesday as she tried to steal a stripper pole from a store, an employee bitten during the attempted robbery told police.

Officers with the Little Rock Police Department were called to Spencer's at 6000 W. Markham St. around 11:40 a.m. Wednesday in reference to a robbery.

The employee, a 26-year-old woman, said a woman she had recognized from previously being in the store entered the business and attempted to return an item for store credit.

The woman, suspected of stealing from the store on a previous occasion, became frustrated when she was refused money and tried to leave with a stripper pole valued at $40, according to authorities.

Authorities noted that the worker was bitten during a struggle with the woman in a common area of the mall but was able to wrestle the pole away.

The worker, who had swelling on her arm because of the bite, then called mall security, the report states. A search of the building did not locate the robber.

Police described the robber as a black woman, about 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighing 120 pounds. She was wearing a salmon-colored shirt or dress, and a denim jacket at the time of the altercation, police reported.

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