Woman Bites Home Depot Loss Prevention Officer

A Chicago woman faces eight felony charges after police report that she bit a loss prevention officer at Home Depot when he caught her using fraudulent credit cards.

Ashley S. Fleming, 26, of the 7600 block of S. Shore Drive in Chicago, is charged with burglary, aggravated battery to a police officer and five counts of forgery, all of which are felonies. She is also charged with obstructing a police officer, a misdemeanor, and one misdemeanor count of forgery.

Frankfort police officers responded to reports of a disturbance at Home Depot at 2 p.m. on Jan. 3.

A loss prevention officer at the business told police that he saw Fleming trying to use a fraudulent credit card to purchase more than $3,600 worth of merchandise. When he attempted to stop her, he said she bit him in the hand.

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Police tried to convince Fleming to cooperate during her arrest, but she continued to resist them until the officers threatened to use a taser, police report.

During the course of the investigation, officers discovered Fleming had several IDs and credit cards that were not her own. Police located Fleming’s rental car in the Home Deport parking lot and found merchandise purchased with fraudulent credit cards inside the vehicle.

Police contacted the people whose names appeared on Fleming’s IDs and credit cards and confirmed that their identities were stolen.

Fleming was charged and taken to Will County Jail. Her court date is Jan. 25.

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