A weekend shoplifting incident in the Upstate turned into a police chase and ended with a crash. The Pickens Police Department says an officer was in the Walmart parking lot just before 9PM Saturday night and saw a cart full of stolen merchandise being taken to the parking lot.

A St. Lawrence woman was arrested after Exeter Township police said she tried to shoplift more than $1,000 worth of merchandise at the Walmart at 5900 Perkiomen Ave. Samantha Dalton, 28, of the first block of Brumbach Street was apprehended Saturday about 6:30 p.m. as she tried to leave the store via a side exit in the automotive department.

One person was arrested and another was injured after a shopping incident at Walmart ended in a crash in Pickens. The Pickens Police Department said, that on Saturday before 9 p.m., an officer was in the Walmart parking lot and noticed a cart of stolen merchandise being taken to a vehicle.