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Pleasant Grove honors clinic employee whose actions led to arrest in Macy’s robbery case
Summary
Pleasant Grove police and city council recognized Chelsea Young after she confronted a suspicious person Nov. 19 and helped officers locate and arrest a suspect in a Macy’s robbery investigation.
Pleasant Grove City Council and the police department recognized Chelsea Young on Tuesday for confronting a suspicious person who later was arrested in connection with a Nov. 19 robbery at Macy’s.
City police described Young’s actions as the turning point in an investigation. Police said the suspect — who had threatened the use of a firearm during the Macy’s incident — came from out of state, had been in a local drug-rehab center and left that program without authorization. Officers said the suspect hid behind a fenced dumpster at a fertility clinic; Young noticed the open gate, closed it and confronted the man, which flushed him out of hiding and led to his arrest by responding officers with assistance from Linden Police Department.
Chief Brown told the council that without Young’s intervention the suspect “probably doesn’t get located.” The department presented Young with a plaque and additional items from the department’s honorary colonels, including a commemorative coin and a small stuffed canine representing a department canine named Freya.
Young, who said she has worked in Pleasant Grove for about 20 years and that protecting patients was her priority, said she was initially surprised but that her concern was “making sure that my patients are safe and protected.”
Council members, police staff and invited guests took a photograph with Young behind the council dais. Chief Brown noted other departments that assisted the arrest and thanked Young for her actions; the presentation included brief remarks from department staff and recognition by the mayor and council.
The council presentation was ceremonial; no formal action was taken during the work session related to the arrest or prosecution.
The police chief also noted the arrest included a full confession by the suspect after officers located him nearby, and credited coordinated canvassing and interagency cooperation for the quick resolution.
A plaque and small gifts were given to Young, and the department said it would share photos of the ceremony on its social channels.
