SHOPLIFTING 12/23/12 11:00a DMF

SALINAS POLICE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A WOMAN ACCUSED OF SHOPLIFTING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MERCHANDISE FROM KOHL’S DEPARTMENT STORE AND THE MAN WHO HELPED HER GET AWAY. REPORTEDLY FRIDAY NIGHT A FEMALE ADULT WENT INTO KOHL’S AND SHOPLIFTED THE MERCHANDISE BEFORE BEING PICKED UP BY AN ASIAN MALE IN A GREEN CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK. A LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER WAS ATTEMPTING TO COPY DOWN THE LICENSE PLATE, WHEN THE DRIVER ACCELERATED AND STRUCK THE OFFICER’S HAND. WITNESSES HAVE BEEN LOCATED AND POLICE ARE REVIEWING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.