Police Taser Armed Allied Universal Security Guard After She Allegedly Shoplifted from Store
CORAL SPRINGS, FL November 20, 2022 – A pregnant woman was tasered last week by a police officer after she allegedly stole from DICK’s Sporting Goods in Coral Springs, got into a car, and then refused the officer’s commands to turn off the ignition, a police report said.
J’Amarreah Gains, 22, of Plantation who works for Allied Security and was wearing a security guard uniform now faces charges for grand theft and resisting officer as well as five motor vehicle violations, the report said.
A Coral Springs police officer arrived at the store at 8921 W. Atlantic Boulevard around 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 after the store’s security suspected three women of shoplifting and identified their car parked in a handicapped spot, the report said.
The officer spotted the women running from the store into their Infiniti and carrying loads of merchandise in baskets and in their hands.
As they tried to drive off with Gains as the driver, the officer drew a gun and told Gains to stop the car, the report said.
She didn’t, and the officer told her again to turn off the car, the report said.
This time, she threw out the window some stolen merchandise and said: “Just take it,” the report said.
Still, Gains didn’t turn off the car and continued moving the car forward, the report said.
The officer then switched the gun for a taser, and again instructed her to shut off the car, the report said.
When she didn’t turn it off, the officer fired the taser, and it hit her arm, the report said.
Gains still didn’t comply, so the officer fired again, the report said.
This time, she stopped the car and was taken into custody, the report said.
At one point, another person was walking near Gains’ car and could have been hurt if she drove off, the report said.
Officers found a loaded gun in the car, the report said.
Police also arrested the car’s passenger, Travesia Jenkins, 25, of Coral Springs, for grand theft and carrying a concealed firearm, according to another police report.
Jenkins told police the gun was hers, her arrest report said.
Police also arrested the rear passenger, Bernadette Negila, 23, of Pompano Beach, on a grand theft charge, according to a third police report.
In all, the women allegedly stole 44 items from DICK’s worth $2,163, one of the reports said.
As police took Gains into custody, they learned she was two months pregnant.
She was taken to Broward Health Coral Springs for an evaluation and then driven to Broward County Jail.
She was released from jail after posting bail for the $1,000 bond, according to court records.
Jenkins was released from jail as well after posting bail, court records show.
Negila’s court records couldn’t be found, and she is no longer at the jail.
