Army Recruiter Pursues Shoplifting Suspects While Pushing 10-Month-Old Daughter in Stroller

By The Blaze. Staff Sgt. Sean Olivia of the Minneapolis Recruiting Company was shopping with his 10-month-old daughter at Southdale Center in Edina on Sunday when he saw four men take merchandise from the Apple Store and leave without paying, an Army spokesperson told KMSP-TV.

Store employees did not intervene, the station said, so Olivia chased the suspects while pushing his daughter in a stroller.

And if these fellas thought they’d soon give the slip to this veteran of two deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, they were sadly mistaken. Olivia soon passed his daughter to a bystander and pursued the suspects into the parking ramp, KMSP said. . .

Olivia had the presence of mind to take photos of the culprits and their vehicle’s license plate, the station said, after which he flagged down an Edina cop who was patrolling the parking ramp and pointed the officer to the suspects. (Read more from “Army Recruiter Pursues Shoplifting Suspects While Pushing 10-Month-Old Daughter in Stroller” HERE)

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U.S. Army Recruiter Stops Shoplifters at Southdale Center While Pushing Stroller

By Fox 9. The suspects managed to get into their vehicle, but Olivia took photos of them and their vehicle license plate. He alerted an Edina Police Department officer who happened to be patrolling the parking ramp and directed them to the suspects.

The suspects fled police, but were stopped when a second officer cut off their escape route. The suspect were arrested.

Olivia joined the military in 2005 and has two deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army said. (For more from the author of “U.S. Army Recruiter Stops Shoplifters at Southdale Center While Pushing Stroller” please click HERE)

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