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During an incident on February 13, Inman was accused of attempting to steal food and clothing from a store in the 200 block of Castro Street.
According to police, Inman allegedly said that she did not have to pay for the items because of the store worker s Asian ethnicity.
Inman was also connected to a battery at a downtown restaurant around the same time.
During that incident, Inman allegedly yelled at two people, one of whom was Asian, made racial comments and spat at one of the victims.
Police say Inman was later detained but the victims did not desire prosecution. Inman was later released after police determined neither of the crimes were witnessed by their officers.
Mountain View police arrested a 39-year-old Greenbrae woman Friday (March 5) after she allegedly yelled racial epithets while stealing from a store in downtown Mountain View last month, according to a police press release.