Police have charged a woman after she allegedly assaulted a security guard at Maroochydore on Sunday 7 May.
It will be alleged at 11.20am the woman exited a retail store in a Horton Parade shopping centre without paying for the clothing she had in a shopping trolley.
The security officer required medical attention at the scene and was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital where she remains in a stable condition.
Police located a woman in the carpark of the shopping centre a short time later.
A 24-year-old Currimundi woman has been charged with one count each of armed robbery with violence and stealing. She was due to appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday 8 May.