Columbus police arrested a local man after he was accused of attempting to enter another customer’s occupied vehicle to evade police.
Police were sent to Walmart, 735 Whitfield Drive, at 9:15 p.m. Saturday about a man acting suspiciously in the store. The man filled a shopping cart with merchandise and later fled out an emergency exit after he saw officers approaching, said Lt. Matt Harris, Columbus Police Department spokesman.
A short time later, the man, who was identified as David A. Compton, 19, of 10330 W. Georgetown Road, attempted to get into an occupied vehicle in a nearby parking lot, Harris said.
The owner advised officers he did not know Compton and did not give him permission to enter the vehicle, Harris said. Compton was arrested on a charge of unlawful entry into a vehicle and was taken to the Bartholomew County Jail.
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