Butler security guard tries to thwart theft of Easter decorations, gets dragged by car going 35 mph
A Butler County mall security guard was dragged by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon while trying to stop the theft of Easter decorations.
State police said they responded to Clearview Mall in Center Township around 3:45 p.m. after receiving a report that people had stolen a 3-foot foam carrot and piñata from the mall’s Easter display.
A mall security guard told police that he chased the suspects into the parking lot outside Texas Roadhouse, where they got into a dark red Chevy pickup, police said.
The security guard tried to stop the suspects by opening a truck door, but was dragged for a quarter-mile at about 35 mph, police said. The security guard was not injured.
Anyone with information is asked to contact state police in Butler.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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