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Madison police arrest 4 shoplifting suspects after chase

By Kaitlin Howell Jan 18, 2025 | 9:53 AM

MADISON, Miss. (WJTV) – Madison police arrested four shoplifting suspects after a chase.

Police said they received a call from Dicks Sporting Goods on Grandview Boulevard shortly before 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 17. Officers were notified that a store clerk was assaulted in a short confrontation with the suspects.

The suspects left the store in a white Dodge Charger with an Indiana tag, police said. An officer observed the vehicle heading south on Cotton Hill and initiated a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled from the officer.

According to police, the suspects’ vehicle headed north on Interstate 55. As their vehicle passed under the 108-mile marker exit, police said two civilian vehicles collided in the right lane, which caused one of them to swipe a patrol vehicle in the left lane.

One officer and both drivers of the two civilian vehicles were taken to local hospitals for minor injuries.

Police said the suspects’ vehicle entered the right should of the road where it remained at slow speeds before coming to rest near the 109-mile marker.

Officers arrested the two female suspects, 18-year-old Damonia Johnson and 19-year-old Traieonna Earl, without incident. They said the two male suspects, 22-year-old Garland Garner and 21-year-old Thomas Carr, ran away from the vehicle. Garner was captured after a short distance, and Carr was arrested with the help from a drone with thermal capabilities.

All four suspects are from Flint, Michigan, according to police.

  • Thomas Carr (Courtesy: Madison County Detention Center)
  • Garland Garner (Courtesy: Madison County Detention Center)
  • Damonia Johnson (Courtesy: Madison County Detention Center)
  • Traieonna Earl (Courtesy: Madison County Detention Center)

Carr, who was identified as the driver, has been charged with felony fleeing, felony shoplifting, felony conspiracy to commit a crime, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, expired driver’s license and no insurance.

Garner has been charged with felony conspiracy to commit a crime, felony shoplifting, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and simple arrest.

Both Johnson and Earl are being charged with felony conspiracy to commit a crime and felony shoplifting.

The four suspects were booked into the Madison County Detention Center. They will have their initial appearance in the City of Madison Municipal Court.