Westfield Security Guard Struck by Car in Shoplifting Incident

A Pasadena man has been booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and commercial burglary after allegedly shoplifting at Westfield Santa Anita Mall then striking a mall security guard with his car Saturday, according to the Arcadia Police Department.  

Police said mall security spotted the suspect, accompanied by a teenage girl, shoplifting at a clothing store in the mall. The suspects fled from the store on foot but were located in the parking lot by a mall security guard on a bicycle.

The male suspect, who police identified as Anthony Woodridge, 20, began to drive away in the vehicle and allegedly struck the security guard with the car while the guard was trying to get the vehicle's license plate number, Lt. Paul Foley of the APD said.

The car was abandoned in a mall parking structure. Police arrested Woodridge a short time later just outside of . The teenage girl was arrested inside of Macy's, Foley said. 

Woodridge was also booked on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a youth. He is being held at the APD on $30,000 bail, according to police. 

The teenage suspect, 16, was booked on charges of commercial burglary and falsely identifying herself to a police officer. The teen has been released to her parents, police said.

Police did not have information on the status of the security guard who was struck, but Lt. Foley believed that the guard's injuries were minor to moderate.