Ohio man arrested after chase, assaulting Walmart employee [Video]

FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP (WWJ) An Ohio man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a Walmart employee while robbing the store and leading police on an over 10 mile chase across multiple Monroe County communities and state lines.

In a press release; the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said they received a report of an unarmed robbery at the Walmart in Monroe, on Telegraph at La Salle, on Friday (9/20) around 10:50 p.m. The suspect allegedly stole $3,000 in store merchandise, and when staff confronted him, he began assaulting one of the employees. He ran from the store with the stolen merchandise and entered the passenger door of a silver Ford Edge.

The vehicle fled north on Telegraph. About a half a mile away from the store; Monroe County Sheriff Deputy Trevor Tomkinson tried to conduct a traffic stop on the Ford Edge at Custer Road, the sheriff’s office said.

The suspect traveled “at …