Loss Prevention Officer, Deputies Nab Robbery Suspect

HOUSTON, TX —The Harris County Sheriff's Office is crediting the quick actions of patrol deputies with the arrest of a robbery suspect who attacked a loss prevention officer at a local retail store on Monday evening.

Sheriff's deputies were called to the Hobby Lobby store in the 16000 block of Highway 529 in west Harris County about an incident at another nearby retail store.

According to a press release, a loss prevention officer for a nearby Walmart told deputies that Gerald Warren, 40, came into the store and was “under scanning ‘’ items while checking out. The loss prevention officer said Warren would place a paper over the barcodes and scan the item as usual.

The loss prevention officer confronted Warren as he was leaving the store, and tried to get Warren to come back inside. Instead, Warren resisted and pushed a shopping cart into the loss prevention officer and knocked him to the ground.

Warren ran to a late model Cadillac Escalade and drove away. The loss prevention officer followed Warren to the nearby Hobby Lobby and called the sheriff's office for help.

Warren was taken into custody without incident, and transported to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Processing Center. He is being held on a $5000 bond.

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