hillsborough oregon
despite what you were about to see the
charges in this case against this young
woman were ultimately dropped
and the record expunged
i'm not going to let go we're going to
call the police and deal with this the
right way that's not okay
you're not gonna go anywhere we're gonna
call the police yeah you know
when you assault someone you'll go to
jail good good yeah
sure okay when the police get it we'll
see okay
this unidentified man is a loss
prevention specialist
working undercover he claims to have
just seen this woman steal
several items from the store a bystander
in the store
decides to record their interaction i'm
shocked
you're getting shot here yeah why not
why not yeah why not you don't shoplift
here you can go somewhere else but not
here
fine let me go somewhere else
you're not going anywhere you show up
but just stay right here and we're gonna
call the police you're gonna get
arrested
it's real simple you just hurt me in the
parking lot that's right that works
too his hunch is that the stolen goods
are in her purse
he refuses to let go the man's co-worker
calls police
are they coming okay good yeah we'll see
okay you can't shoplift
the woman doesn't dispute the
shoplifting allegation
[Music]
ma'am all right you gonna start kicking
yeah you're gonna start kicking that
shot start kicking keep hurting in the
parking you shut up lift it
you don't shuffle now you're kicking me
go ahead and watch what happens
you threw
oh really i'm gonna take you down for
that now
their struggle to wrestle control of the
purse escalates
other shoppers rush in and try to calm
the situation
[Music]
another employee tries to continue
business as usual
and everybody is just pointing out what
you're doing
the situation seems to calm down
[Music]
come here turn around
arrested at the scene is 26 year old
sarah michelle jarvis
she is charged with robbery she had two
stolen items in her purse
the charges were eventually dropped and
the record expunged
the undercover employee was not charged
in the incident
in the state of oregon a person can use
reasonable force to detain a shoplifter
until police show up
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