Crime & Safety
Woman Tases Walmart Security Guard, Breaks His Glasses: MNPD
A 43-year-old woman shoplifted from the Dickerson Pike Walmart and then attacked the security guard with a stun gun, police say.

NASHVILLE, TN -- Caught shoplifting, a 43-year-old woman tried to get her revenge on a Walmart security guard by attacking him with a stun gun and breaking his glasses, according to Metro Police.
On Wednesday, an employee at the Dickerson Pike Walmart allegedly saw Sharon Mendoza, 43, putting a number of items into her backpack and bypassing cashiers. The employee and a security guard stopped her and took her into an office.
Once she was in the office, Mendoza reportedly pulled a taser from her backpack and stunned the security guard in the stomach; nevertheless, he was able to handcuff her, though in the process she broke his glasses, according to a police report.
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Inside her backpack were six items totaling $55.
She is charged with assault, theft, criminal trespass and vandalism.
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