Woman caught with items from Salvation Army

By BELTON WHITE
Item Staff Writer
bwhite@theitem.com

A 35-year-old Sumter woman was arrested Sunday after police said she stole exercise equipment, clothes and dishes from the donation box of a local charity and then resisted so much that officers Tasered her.

Angie M. Johnson, of 40 Jed Court, was charged with larceny and resisting arrest about 9:01 p.m. Sunday after an anonymous caller told officers there was a Ford Taurus at the Salvation Army Thrift Store, 330 N. Main St., and that exercise equipment was being stolen.

While en route, an officer saw a vehicle with equipment hanging out the driver's side rear window at North Main and Calhoun streets.

After being pulled over in the emergency room parking lot of Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Johnson was reportedly identified as the driver, and she told the officer someone stole the equipment out of her yard.

For more details, see Tuesday's edition of The Item.