New York woman is arrested after she 'bit an employee of a Vermont store after he attempted to retrieve underwear she had allegedly stolen' 

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A New York woman has been arrested after she allegedly bit an employee of a Vermont store. 

The man had attempted to retrieve underwear the woman allegedly stole from the TJ Maxx outlet in Rutland. The goods were said to be worth $21.50.

When loss-prevention officer Richard Durham took the woman's purse to check for the stolen goods she allegedly kicked him, slapped his glasses off of his face and bit his thumb.

The 33-year-old woman from White Plains, New York allegedly stole underwear worth $21.50 from a TJ Maxx store in Rutland (pictured)

The woman has not been named but is from White Plains, New York. She will be arraigned on December 14 on misdemeanor charges of retail theft and simple assault.

Her hearing had been scheduled for Monday but has since been rescheduled. 

Police say Durham eventually retrieved the underwear from the woman's bag.

If convicted, the woman faces a maximum sentence of more than a year in prison, the Rutland Herald reports.