A promenade costume sale spiraled into an all-out brawl at a Georgia gasoline station, with one of many alleged perps being flipped and physique slammed onto the pavement as she tried to choke the 18-year-old vendor.
The violence erupted at a RaceTrac gasoline station in Gwinnett County — about 30 miles exterior of Atlanta — the place the sufferer met her now former pal Morgan Flinchum, 20, to promote her the costume on Feb. 26, police advised Fox 5 Atlanta.
The costume initially belonged to Flinchum however was within the sufferer’s possession as a result of her mom had helped pay for it, and Flinchum contacted her to purchase it outright, based on the police report.
When the sufferer met her former pal, Flinchum requested if they might go into the gasoline station’s toilet to strive it on, to which she agreed.
Nevertheless, once they obtained inside the toilet, a pal of Flinchum’s was ready and yanked the costume away from the sufferer and ran.
The sufferer chased after the costume thief and caught up along with her, however a wrestle ensued and migrated over towards the gasoline pumps.
The vendor’s boyfriend jumped into motion and was in a position to seize his girlfriend’s costume from one of many assailants, however issues solely escalated.
Surveillance footage caught the second a violent altercation broke out and reveals the wrestle between the sufferer, her boyfriend, and the alleged promenade costume thieves.
At one level, one of many perps will get the smaller sufferer in a choke maintain from behind, however she was in a position to flip the aggressor over her again and slam her onto the bottom.
The brawl ended with Gwinnett County Police responding to the scene and reviewing the surveillance footage.
An investigation resulted within the arrests of Flinchum, Kaylee George, and Lelia DeJager, who all turned themselves in, police stated.
Flinchum and Dejager have been charged with battery and theft by taking, and George has been charged with theft by taking.
“I would say it’s not normally something we have to investigate, an argument over a prom dress,” Cpl. Juan Madiedo advised Fox 5 Atlanta.
The Gwinnett County Police stated the violent altercation must be an instance of why individuals ought to at all times make person-to-person gross sales at a public place with cameras.
The division stated that every one of its precincts have designated parking spots which are monitored by video to make sure a protected gross sales transaction.
“Here in Gwinnett County, all of our police precincts, including our headquarters here, have designated e-commerce parking,” Madiedo stated.
“We invite any citizen out there, if you’re looking to make a transaction, sell any items or purchase an item online, meet that person at one of our designated e-commerce locations.”
