RINCON, Ga. — Investigators are searching for two of three people who reportedly tried to steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a store in Rincon, Georgia, last month that left a worker with a black eye.
In a news release, the Rincon Police Department said they are searching for two people who stole $2,101,00 worth of merchandise from Lowe’s and assaulted a 68-year-old woman who worked at the store.
Police said the incident happened on June 25. Three people went inside the Lowe’s, filled multiple carts with items, and left the store without paying.
Donna Hansbrough grabbed the cart and tried to stop the three people, police said, according to WSB-TV. One of the three hit Hanbrough in the face three times and left her with a black eye.
Two of the three are still on the run. Police are looking for Takyah Berry and Joseph Berry who are uncle and niece, according to the news outlet.
Hansbrough was later fired from the Lowe’s store for trying to stop the theft. The company said that her actions of grabbing the cart was a violation of their policy, according to police. She had worked with Lowe’s for 13 years.
“They say that if you see somebody stealing something out the door, not to pursue, not to go out. I lost it,” Hansbrough told the Effingham Herald. “I grabbed the cart. I don’t actually remember going out but I did. And I grabbed the cart that had the stolen items in (it).
“I just got tired of seeing things get out the door. I just … I lost it,” Hansbrough told the newspaper. “I basically lost all the training. Everything they tell you to do, I just … I just lost it.
“I didn’t expect to get terminated,” she said. “Maybe a reprimand or a suspension.”
