Overview
- Leeds police say a woman displayed Mace at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru on Jan. 2 and obtained the restaurant’s currency bag.
- Investigators identified the suspect as 32-year-old Kaudija Shondrelle Haynes of Birmingham and located her at Wind Creek Casino in Wetumpka, where they believe she was gambling with the stolen funds.
- Wetumpka Police and Poarch Creek Tribal Police assisted in a brief pursuit that ended when Haynes crashed into multiple trees, with no injuries reported.
- Haynes was booked into the Elmore County Jail on attempting to elude, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest, and drug paraphernalia charges, with bond set at $116,000.
- Authorities say she will be transferred to St. Clair County to face first-degree robbery, reckless endangerment, and fourth-degree theft of property related to the Leeds incident.