Suspected mall thief was no match for Moore cheerleader

People who say cheerleaders aren't athletes are wrong, said a 16-year-old, 5-foot-2, 110-pound varsity cheerleader from Moore who tackled a fleeing suspected shoplifter at Penn Square Mall.

Cheerleading "makes you strong," said Kealey Oliver, who will be a junior this year at Moore High School.

The girl said she was walking on the second floor of the mall near Macy's on Sunday afternoon when a man came running toward her with a bag in his hand.

People were yelling, "Thief, thief," she said.