A suspected shoplifter is now facing robbery charges after she allegedly assaulted a security officer at a store in the Market City Shopping Center.

Honolulu police said the 22-year-old woman assaulted a loss prevention officer, who was trying to stop her from leaving with concealed merchandise she did not pay for just after 2 p.m. Saturday

Officers arrested the woman, who does not have a local address, at about 3:30 p.m. at the Foodland store in the shopping center, according to police records.