Shoplifting call turns into police chase

A shoplifting investigation turned into a police chase Monday evening in Columbus.

According to Columbus police, they were called to Rural King on National Road on a reported shoplifting at about 8:45 p.m. Monday night. When officers approached the suspect in a car in the parking lot, the driver started the car and took off. Despite being pursued by police with their lights and sirens on, she refused to stop until Rocky Ford Road near Downing Place, police say.

The driver 54-year-old Denise L. Bruton of Columbus is facing charges of theft, resisting law enforcement in a vehicle and driving while suspended with a prior conviction.