Crime & Safety
With Children In Tow, Women Carjack, Kidnap, Shoplift: Police
Metro Police say two women carjacked and kidnapped another, then stole $1,200 in merchandise in Hermitage, all with kids alongside.
HERMITAGE, TN -- Metro Police arrested two women over the weekend after a bizarre crime spree that included both carjacking and shoplifting.
Investigators allege Akia Davis and Marquia Talley jumped into a woman's car in Hermitage and ordered her to drive. The woman refused, so, according to an arrest report, Talley jumped in the woman's lap and tried steering the car and hitting the gas.
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Police say the women were fleeing from a nearby Kohl's where they'd allegedly shoplifted mote than $1,200 in merchandise. Two children were with Davis and Talley, police said.
The women are charged with carjacking and kidnapping and Talley is additionally charged with assaulting an officer during the getaway bid.
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