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Accused shoplifter exposed in chase
By Seth Burkett
DAILY Staff Writer
sburkett@decaturdaily.com · 340-2355
Drivers held up by a fender bender Monday afternoon on Danville Road Southwest saw something unusual  an alleged shoplifter trying to bum a ride to escape mall security guards, Decatur police said.
But that wasn't all they saw, one witness said.
Evan Ashby, a Sears employee, said he joined the chase after he saw the woman run, "huffing and puffing," away from a pile of discarded, stolen clothes and a loss prevention officer whose face she allegedly clawed in an attempt to get away.
Police later identified the woman as Candace Darcel Jones, 21, of 904 East 16th St., Sheffield. Ashby, loss prevention officer Brian Runyans and a store manager followed Jones. Runyans advised the others not to try to grab her, Ashby said.
"She gets into the middle of Danville Road, and I guess decides that we're not going to leave her alone. She yells, 'Help me! Help me! They're going to take me to jail!' and she starts going up to each car, beating on the window and begging the people to let her in. ... Both of her breasts come falling out of her shirt ... and she's beating on windows. ..." Ashby said.
"She's walking down the middle of Danville road, from car to car, stopping cars that are in the other lane. She's going up to black folks, saying, 'I'm black! I'm black! Let me in! You know how it is.' ... She was begging people to get in the car. 'Please, man, please, I can't go to jail, just take me anywhere, man,' " Ashby said.
Decatur Daily article
By Seth Burkett
DAILY Staff Writer
sburkett@decaturdaily.com · 340-2355
Drivers held up by a fender bender Monday afternoon on Danville Road Southwest saw something unusual  an alleged shoplifter trying to bum a ride to escape mall security guards, Decatur police said.
But that wasn't all they saw, one witness said.
Evan Ashby, a Sears employee, said he joined the chase after he saw the woman run, "huffing and puffing," away from a pile of discarded, stolen clothes and a loss prevention officer whose face she allegedly clawed in an attempt to get away.
Police later identified the woman as Candace Darcel Jones, 21, of 904 East 16th St., Sheffield. Ashby, loss prevention officer Brian Runyans and a store manager followed Jones. Runyans advised the others not to try to grab her, Ashby said.
"She gets into the middle of Danville Road, and I guess decides that we're not going to leave her alone. She yells, 'Help me! Help me! They're going to take me to jail!' and she starts going up to each car, beating on the window and begging the people to let her in. ... Both of her breasts come falling out of her shirt ... and she's beating on windows. ..." Ashby said.
"She's walking down the middle of Danville road, from car to car, stopping cars that are in the other lane. She's going up to black folks, saying, 'I'm black! I'm black! Let me in! You know how it is.' ... She was begging people to get in the car. 'Please, man, please, I can't go to jail, just take me anywhere, man,' " Ashby said.
Decatur Daily article
