“It is believed, and therefore averred, that the aforesaid conduct of the employees of Old Navy and The Gap outlet, as well as the aforesaid conduct of Officer Kepple, Officer Eckenrode, Officer Bell, Officer Kessler, and Det. The suit explains the officers responded to reports from employees of the Old Navy and Gap stores in the Tanger Outlets Hershey, who advised that three young Black women were “acting suspicious” and may have stolen merchandise – however, surveillance footage from the Old Navy store “shows no evidence of Quashae, Quanae or Trinity committing retail theft or any other crime.” Quashae, Quanae and Trinity each were transported by Derry Township police personnel from Tanger to the Derry Township police department headquarters, where they remained detained in custody for several hours until finally being released, when it was determined that they had committed no crime. The plaintiffs and Trinity were all accused of committing retail theft at Old Navy by the officers, who placed them all under custodial arrest – handcuffing them, engaging in searches of their belongings and confining them in nearby police vehicles. As Quanae and Trinity walked out of The Gap Outlet toward the Chevrolet Cavalier, they were confronted in the Tanger parking lot by Officers Kepple and Eckenrode.” While shopping at Tanger as aforesaid, Quashae, Quanae and Trinity legally purchased items from various retailers including but not limited to The Gap Outlet and Old Navy. At the time aforesaid, Quashae was a college student at Lincoln University while her younger sister Quanae was a high school senior at Dauphin County Technical School and her cousin Trinity was a high school senior at Central Dauphin East High School. “Quashae, Quanae, and Trinity are each African-American individuals. At the same time and place aforesaid, Quashae and Quanae were accompanied by their cousin, Trinity Tiina Arlez Bellamy Reid, who had driven Quashae and Quanae to Tanger in a Chevrolet Cavalier owned by Trinity’s mother,” the suit says. and continuing for approximately 1-2 hours, Quashae and Quanae were business invitees at the Tanger Outlets Hershey, located at 46 Outlet Square, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where they were lawfully and peacefully Christmas shopping at various retailers. 22, 2020, beginning at approximately 11 a.m. of San Francisco, Calif., Marygrace Kepple, Police Officers Dennis Eckenrode, Rian Bell, Rebecca Kessler, Tom Pavone (all c/o Derry Township Police Department) and Derry Township, all of Hershey. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Feb. Quashae Brown and Quanae Brown filed suit in the U.S. HARRISBURG – Two Black women from Harrisburg say they were profiled by members of the Derry Township Police Department at a local outlet store, accused of retail theft and arrested, before later being released when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
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