BAYTOWN, Texas – KPRC 2 News first told you last week the story about a San Jacinto Mall employee who was attacked by a group of girls while she was at work. Now police said three people have been charged in the case.
On April 4, a 20-year-old woman reported that she was assaulted by three teen girls at Rabu, the store where she works. The woman told police the attack stemmed from an earlier incident in which the three girls prevented her from entering the mall by holding the doors shut. Police said the woman exchanged words with the teens, then went to work.
A short time later, one of the teens approached the woman at the store and assaulted her while the other girls also jumped in.
"She slapped me and I pushed her and that's when we started fighting. I was trying to defend myself. When the others saw that, all of them came at me at once, started hitting me," the victim, who since quit her job, told KPRC 2 News last week.
Police said with the assistance of social media, the girls were identified. Shai-Shonnie Thomas, 18, and two juvenile girls were charged with assault.
KPRC 2 News spoke with the victim again Tuesday and she said she was grateful the girls have been charged.
"Obviously I am happy because I just want this over with already," she said. "I've been stressed, scared, obviously, and I'm scared to even be in my own house."
The victim also claimed the girls stole jewelry and her cell phone at the store, but no charges of that nature have been filed in the case.