Florida Best Buy security officer stymies stroller shoplifter
Davie FL Dec 17 2017 There was no baby in the stroller. It was instead filled with stolen wares.
Surveillance video recorded Monday at a Best Buy in Davie shows one of two alleged shoplifters bulldozing her way past a security officer as he tried to prevent her from leaving the store at 2200 S. University Drive.
But first, the video captured images of two women as they gathered merchandise and concealed it beneath a blanket in the stroller.
When an alert security guard stopped one of the women at the front door and lifted the blanket to reveal the stolen goods she tried to grab the goods and shove her way out the door.
She was unable to hold onto the purloined merchandise but did manage to get past the guard.
One of the women made it into an awaiting getaway car, which crashed into several vehicles in the parking lot before taking off.
Sheeronnye Pendergrass, 28, of Lauderdale Lakes was apprehended in the parking lot, said Sgt. Mark Leone, of the Davie Police Department.
Marcelous Thomas, 27, of Lauderdale Lakes, and Donald Carter, 28, of Lauderhill — the alleged getaway driver — were nabbed after they sped away and crashed into a sign in a nearby neighborhood, Leone said.
The trio faces charges including theft, resisting, fleeing and reckless driving, among others.
