Police: Woman Stole Cart of Groceries, Crashed into Car in Parking Lot

A Royersford woman faces two felony charges after police say she left a grocery store with out paying and then, while fleeing security in her vehicle, collided with a car in the parking lot.

According to police, Debra Rojinsky, 56, walked out of the supermarket at 700 Nutt Road in Phoenixville with a cart full of groceries without paying, according to a criminal complaint. The alleged incident occurred on Oct. 9 shortly before 7:24 p.m.

“The defendant was confronted by security outside the store at the curb by the entrance,” Officer John Doucette of Phoenixville Police Department wrote.

The security officer identified himself to Rojinsky, who then abandoned the cart of groceries and ran to her car in the parking lot.

“It was at this time that the defendant got into an accident with another vehicle in the same parking lot,” according to the criminal complaint.

Rojinsky’s vehicle collided with a 2004 Hyundai. Police arrived and found Rojinsky in her vehicle approximately 100 yards from the spot of the collision.

She was arrested and charged with a felony count of retail theft, a felony count of receiving stolen property and a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. The groceries in the cart were valued at $461.37.

Bail was set at 10 percent of $5,000, and Rojinsky posted bail on Oct. 9. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 13 at 9 a.m.