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Albany police looking for chair-wielding woman
Posted: 07.11.2012 at 1:12 PM
Updated: 07.12.2012 at 2:35 AM
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35-year-old Crystal Lashell Porter is wanted by police for allegedly smashing a car with a chair.  / Albany Police Department
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ALBANY, GA -- Albany police need your help finding a woman that witnesses say took a metal chair to a car.

Albany police officers are looking for 35-year-old Crystal Lashell Porter. Investigators say the owner of a 1999 Saturn had reported that his car was damaged while parked at 1701 South Jackson Street on June 12th. Witnesses stated that they saw Porter use a metal chair to break the passenger side window. She also smashed the windshield and scratched the driver side door.

Police say Porter's last known address was 1617 Gardner Apartment B in Albany and weighs 106 pounds and stands at 5'2".

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Porter is encouraged to contact the Albany Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau at (229) 431-3288.  If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call "Crime Stoppers” by dialing (229) 436-TIPS.

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