Woman tried to run over dollar store employee who confronted her about shoplifting: Cops

A woman in Indiana allegedly stole a phone charger at a dollar store and then tried to run over the employee who confronted her.

It happened about 7:30 p.m. Thursday near the Dollar Depot on Washington Avenue in Evansville. Cops responded after a Jeep nearly struck an employee at the gas station across the street, according to a probable cause arrest affidavit. The employee said he witnessed a woman — later identified as 34-year-old Melissa Ann Noble — take a cellphone charger and charging block from the store before going to the gas station in her Jeep.

He said he walked across the street to confront Noble and take a photo of her license plate. As he was taking a photo of the plate, Noble allegedly swung a bottle of Hawaiian Punch at the employee, hitting him in the hand. She then hoppe