5 arrested at Perkins store, 1 pepper-sprayed

PERKINS TWP. — A group of people were charged after an incident at a Perkins Township store Friday afternoon that included an officer using pepper spray on a woman. Five people were arrested, all on misdemeanor charges: • Woman, 18, of Fox Run Trail, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. • Woman, 25, of Fox Run Trail, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. • Man, 21, of Madison Street, theft, obstructing official business and resisting arrest. • Man, 24, of Madison Street, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. • Woman, 19, Madison Street, theft and resisting arrest. The incident started after loss prevention officers at a Milan Road (U.S. 250) store took two members of the group into custody for alleged shoplifting, according to Perkins police Sgt. Jeff Musser. Police were called after one woman started pounding on the loss prevention office in the store in protest of the two people being detained. Officers walked with that woman outside after the store banned her and she allegedly wouldn't identify herself to police, prompting officers to take her into custody. Other members of the group then allegedly interfered in the arrest, resulting in one woman being pepper-sprayed, Musser said. All five were served with a court summons for their charges and were released.