By Heather Lynn Peters | Muskegon Chronicle
November 05, 2009, 8:25PM
ROOSEVELT PARK — Two women trying to avoid arrest after allegedly stealing goods from a local Wal-Mart store head-butted, urinated on and drove off with a security guard in the getaway car on Halloween night, police said.
marilyn-cole.jpgMarilyn Colerash More..ieka-stewart.jpgRashieka L. StewartRoosevelt Park Police Chief Bill Regan said the ordeal was reported at 7:43 p.m. by a male security guard who attempted to stop the women from getting away with $45 in stolen merchandise from the Roosevelt Park Wal-Mart SuperCenter, 3285 Henry.
Marilyn Cole, 35, of 859 E. Isabella, Muskegon, was arraigned Tuesday in Muskegon County’s 60th District Court for one count of unarmed robbery and one count of interfering with a crime report, both felonies.
Cole, who was on parole for bank robbery at the time, also was charged as a second-time habitual offender.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons Web site indicates Cole was released from prison April 3.
A judge set her bond at $35,000 cash or surety and she was ordered not to have any contact with Wal-Mart stores, the victim or the co-defendant, Rashieka Lariena Stewart.
Stewart, 23, of 567 Marquette, Muskegon, was arraigned Tuesday on one count of unarmed robbery. A judge set her bond at $15,000, and she was ordered not to have any contact with Wal-Mart stores.
Both women were scheduled for a preliminary examination on Nov. 17.
According to Regan, the two women were stopped inside the Wal-Mart on Saturday after being busted for stealing merchandise, including curtains and makeup.
The women were detained at the front door, but broke away from the security guard and ran to their vehicle in the store parking lot, Regan said.
The security guard ran after the women, and Stewart jumped into the driver’s seat, Regan said.
The security guard then attempted to block Cole from getting into the passenger’s seat by putting himself between her and the vehicle’s door, Regan said.
At that point, Cole “head butted” the security guard, who fell backward into the vehicle, Regan said.
“The bottom of the body fell into the passenger’s seat and the front part in the back of the car,” Regan said. “Then she sat on him. He grabbed his phone and called 911, but she fought for the phone and then urinated on him.”
Stewart then drove away with the security guard still in the vehicle and Cole holding him down, Regan said. The chief said Cole weighs 230 pounds.
Stewart drove the vehicle out of the parking lot, north onto Henry Street and into the parking lot of Acme Bedding Co., 660 W. Broadway, the chief said. It was unclear why she stopped at Acme Bedding.
Authorities were dispatched to the bed store, where the security guard was safely turned over to police.
But the women — after refusing to get out of the vehicle — were forced out at gunpoint, Regan said.
