Woman tries to steal steaks before urinating inside Publix store, deputies say
By Stephanie Moore
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RICHLAND COUNTY, South Carolina (WYFF) — A South Carolina woman is in jail after authorities said she tried to steal four packs of steaks from Publix and then urinated on the grocery store floor.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to the Publix on Hardscrabble Road on Sunday afternoon about a disturbance.
Deputies learned that the suspect was refusing to leave after urinating in the front of the store.
When deputies arrived at the store and tried to speak with the suspect, she ran away and into the road.
Deputies said they chased the woman and she eventually stopped.
While deputies were trying to identify the woman, they said she tried to run again and then tried to kick a deputy.
The woman, later identified as Cardesha Gilmore, was taken to the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center and is charged with indecent exposure, shoplifting under $2,000, public disorderly conduct, pedestrian unlawfully in the roadway, and assault while resisting arrest.
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