Dingler v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Larry Dingier, was convicted of theft by shoplifting and two counts of simple battery.

On May 22, 1989, a security guard for a Macy’s department store at Gwinnett Place Mall observed Dingier conceal several shirts in a shopping bag and leave the store without paying for the merchandise. She followed Dingier, who bolted in the parking lot when he realized the guard was following him. The security guard caught up with Dingier, but got punched in the jaw in the process. The guard’s supervisor, however, showed up and secured the arrest, although he, too, was…