Clarksville Police identify Female JC Penny Theft Suspect as Quanta Burse

Clarksville, TN – On December 8th, 2015, Clarksville Police Officers responded to an Aggravated Assault at JC Penny’s on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.

An unknown black female was confronted by the Loss Prevention Specialists (LPs) outside of the store when a white sedan pulled up with the lights off and an unknown black male exited the vehicle to assist the female. The female subject yelled to the male driver, “get the gun… shoot em!

Detective Rodney Lifsey says, “Thanks to the numerous citizen tips and the media outlets that released the suspect’s photo, I was able to positively identify the suspect. The tips all pointed to 32-year-old Quanta Nicole Burse from Hopkinsville, as the suspect from the JC Penny incident.”

Burse now has a warrant on file for Aggravated Assault and charges are pending for Theft of Property.

There is no further information at this time. If anyone has any additional information related to this incident, please call Detective Lifsey at 931.648.0656 Ext 5298 or the CrimeStoppers TIPS Hotline at 931.645.TIPS (8477).

For more on the story, see Clarksville Police look to identify JC Penny Theft Suspect.