PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — A man accused of stealing from a Target in Pflugerville told officers he wanted to get his girlfriend a foot massager, but didn’t have the money to buy one.
According to an arrest affidavit, 22-year-old Bryan
Chamberlain robbed the store on Limestone Commercial Drive at about 11:20 a.m.
on Friday.
Security staff at the Target told police they saw a man walk
into the store that they recognized from previous thefts.
They watched the man put several items into a shopping cart,
and then push it through an empty cashier lane. The items were later valued at
$266.
When the guards tried to detain the man, he allegedly tried
to push the cart into them.
During a struggle between the three men, Chamberlain picked
up a glass jar containing a candle and threw it at the security staff, the
affidavit said.
Chamberlain was able to leave the scene, police said. Surveillance
footage showed him entering a blue Nissan Versa in the parking lot.
Officers tracked the car to a home address in Pflugerville
and found the vehicle parked nearby. When they saw Chamberlain, he turned and
ran from officers, but was eventually stopped and detained, according to the
affidacit.
As he was being arrested, Chamberlain told officers he wanted
to get a foot massager for his girlfriend, but was having financial problems.
Officers searched Chamberlain and found a bag containing
nine pills, which were later determined to be Xanax, police said.
Chamberlain is charged with robbery, possession of a
controlled substance, and evading arrest. He is being held in the Travis County
Jail on a total bond of $15,000.
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