A woman left her daughter at a Macy’s department store while evading Philadelphia police. She is now in custody.
A 27-year-old Mahogany Ashly Terry was taken into custody late Monday night, Police said.
They say Terry was with her 4-year-old daughter at the Macy’s store in downtown Philadelphia when she was apprehended by security. She’s accused of stealing about $1,400 worth of merchandise.
She was handcuffed and detained at the store, but police say she managed to free herself from the cuffs and fled, leaving her daughter behind.
As security staff checked in and began removing the stolen merchandise from the mother’s belongings, she took off and left her little girl behind, police say.
Officers raced to the scene trying to locate the mother. Investigators arrived and spoke with the little girl who was able to tell them her name and where she lived. Police contacted family members and took the little girl to the Department of Human services Headquarters to be reunited with her grandmother.
She faces charges of retail theft and recklessly endangering the welfare of a child.
