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Shoplifting leads to altercation
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MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. — Two brothers were bound to the grand jury following a preliminary hearing on charges arising from a shoplifting incident at Walmart where one of them took a poke at store security.The brothers, Darrell Felson Hobbs, 54, and Gregory Bradford Hobbs, 50, were bound to the grand jury by Judge Bill Locke following a preliminary hearing in General Sessions Court.They face the charges after they were allegedly caught putting items from the sporting goods department in their pockets and then passing the checkout point without paying for them. When approached by a loss prevention officer, Gregory Hobbs reportedly tried to hit the employee. The men then fled the scene and led police on a chase through the city.