Shoplifting at Pickens Walmart leads to crash outside Easley on Saturday

PICKENS, SC (FOX Carolina) – Pickens Police say a shoplifting incident at Walmart led to a chase on Gentry Memorial Highway that ended in a crash outside Easley on Saturday.

Officers report a K-9 unit was in the parking lot of a Walmart in Pickens when a couple fled the store with a cart containing stolen items around 8:45 p.m. Walmart employees reported the theft, officers said.

The couple got into their car and drove onto Gentry Memorial Highway at a high rate of speed, police said.

According to officers, the suspect’s vehicle overturned near the Easley city limits as he attempted to make a turn.

Police Report Damon Brooklyn Gaines, aka Daman Brooklyn Hikeem, Young Gaines, was taken to the hospital while Latonya Ramsey was taken to the Pickens County Detention Center.

Pickens officers report the suspect is charged with shoplifting.(Pickens County Detention Center)

Ramsey was charged with shoplifting, over $10,000.