Overview
- Leeds police say the Jan. 2 drive-thru robbery at the Ashville Road Chick-fil-A involved a suspect presenting a Mace canister and taking the restaurant’s money bag.
- Investigators identified the suspect as 32-year-old Kaudija Shondrelle Haynes and located her at Wind Creek Casino in Wetumpka.
- Wetumpka Police and Poarch Creek Tribal Police assisted Leeds officers in a brief pursuit that ended when Haynes crashed into multiple trees.
- Haynes was booked into the Elmore County Jail on attempting to elude, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia, with bond set at $116,000.
- Police say she will be moved to the St. Clair County Jail to face additional counts tied to the robbery, including first-degree robbery, reckless endangerment and fourth-degree theft, and no injuries were reported.