The suspected shoplifter who is accused of eluding arrest in Duluth by pepper spraying a Walmart employee is in jail, police reported Friday.
Florida authorities arrested Kahala Johnson after Duluth police learned she had fled home to Jacksonville Oct. 9 where she was staying with her mother, said Maj. Don Woodruff of Duluth police.
Johnson will be extradited to answer the aggravated assault and shoplifting charges, Woodruff said in an email.
“The victim in this case was notified of the arrest, and she was grateful to know Ms. Johnson was off the streets and no longer posed a danger to anyone, Woodruff said.
Johnson faces a number of shoplifting charges in Gwinnett dating back several months. She became the focus of police after she was identified by tipsters as the woman who pepper sprayed a store employee who confronted her outside a Walmart about a shopping cart full of items.
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