Dawn Boykin, 53, of Mount Vernon, was rummaging through the stolen wallet on Friday when the security officer approached her, according to Bensalem police. She tried to run, but didn’t get far, they added. So she started kicking and throwing her arms around, then dropped to the ground and kicked some more, according to court documents.
The security guard claimed that Boykin bit him on his hand and leg while he was detaining her until police arrived, according to a probable cause affidavit. The entire incident was recorded on closed-circuit camera, police added.
Macy’s security workers said they had observed Boykin following senior citizens and, when they were distracted, she would try to lift their wallets out of their purses, court documents show.
Police said when they arrived and arrested her, they recovered a wax paper package labeled “Bomb” and containing an off-white powder suspected to be heroin.
Boykin was arraigned before Bensalem District Judge Joseph Falcone on charges of robbery with immediate threat of injury, simple assault, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property and drug possession. She was released after posting 10 percent of her $7,000 bail.
Source-phillyburbs.com