Elderly woman steals phone, causes traffic disturbance, Jonesboro AR


An elderly woman wearing a straw hat stole a phone from another woman and began walking in traffic, causing a scene. A woman in a silver SUV was following her, and police were searching for both near local businesses.
Audio|Source: Jonesboro Police
04:52
Transcript:
Other 9. 116 East Highland, 110, 116 East Highland. It's going to be near the area of Nukes. There's an elderly female walking into traffic. It seems to be a disturbance going on there. I'm sure exactly where they are. Who else involved? Getting reports that the elderly female stole the (name withheld) phone. This about it appears on Highland. Female is wearing a straw hat and carrying a white bag. I'm not eight from Johnson and Red Wolf. Help. I'm clear for school traffic to be 10-8[2]-for-step. I'll be on two major stuff. Copy. I've got a female that is in a Silver Ford Explorer with her flashers on that is following the (name withheld) that stole the phone. She's in front of First Horizon Bank on the north side of the road. 10-4[1]. 118. Are you close for that? I am on Highland and Bearport. Okay, 24. Okay, 24. 14 is right. Go ahead. Put me in that call. I'm here at Highland Rains. Copy. Copy. This lets us see a black male and a white early female walking down westbound toward a green Cadillac. They're going to be involved in. We were watching it on camera. There was a white female, a black male, and a (name withheld). The female with the straw hat on, I believe, is the one that's going to be the one that stole the phone. Okay, give me the last known location one more time. I may have went so far. The last on location of the female was in front of First Horizon Bank. She was going eastbound, and then the other one was going westbound. Just down from nukes. The one right there about Fizzlewis. Why, James Flash, Sean. Copy it. Okay, James West, I got the lady in the straw hat over here in Hank's furniture. Copy it. 118 she was the one that supposedly stole the phone I'll see if this is the victim walking west down here in front of uh bless the second I was the victim here in a free will first Baptist church and this guy on that green Cadillac. Go ahead. J.M.W. S.F.D.W. S.D.W. Sam, David, William. Copy. Got it. 82. This way. Show me out of 118. Copy. Copy.
Other 9. 116 East Highland, 110, 116 East Highland. It's going to be near the area of Nukes. There's an elderly female walking into traffic. It seems to be a disturbance going on there. I'm sure exactly where they are. Who else involved? Getting reports that the elderly female stole the (name withheld) phone. This about it appears on Highland. Female is wearing a straw hat and carrying a white bag. I'm not eight from Johnson and Red Wolf. Help. I'm clear for school traffic to be 10-8[2]-for-step. I'll be on two major stuff. Copy. I've got a female that is in a Silver Ford Explorer with her flashers on that is following the (name withheld) that stole the phone. She's in front of First Horizon Bank on the north side of the road. 10-4[1]. 118. Are you close for that? I am on Highland and Bearport. Okay, 24. Okay, 24. 14 is right. Go ahead. Put me in that call. I'm here at Highland Rains. Copy. Copy. This lets us see a black male and a white early female walking down westbound toward a green Cadillac. They're going to be involved in. We were watching it on camera. There was a white female, a black male, and a (name withheld). The female with the straw hat on, I believe, is the one that's going to be the one that stole the phone. Okay, give me the last known location one more time. I may have went so far. The last on location of the female was in front of First Horizon Bank. She was going eastbound, and then the other one was going westbound. Just down from nukes. The one right there about Fizzlewis. Why, James Flash, Sean. Copy it. Okay, James West, I got the lady in the straw hat over here in Hank's furniture. Copy it. 118 she was the one that supposedly stole the phone I'll see if this is the victim walking west down here in front of uh bless the second I was the victim here in a free will first Baptist church and this guy on that green Cadillac. Go ahead. J.M.W. S.F.D.W. S.D.W. Sam, David, William. Copy. Got it. 82. This way. Show me out of 118. Copy. Copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / OK
[2]
10-8: In Service
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Location mentioned:
Near E Highland Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401
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