A Hoboken woman desperate to escape from Bayonne police after an alleged shoplifting incident shed her shirt and went topless, but she was nabbed a block away, police said.

Lakia Pierce, 42, was charged with robbery, resisting arrest and possession of narcotic paraphernalia in the incident that occurred at ShopRite Tuesday night at 11 p.m., Bayonne Lt. Eric Amato said.

A loss prevention agent saw Pierce attempting to leave the store without paying for items and notified a city police officer working a security detail, who responded to the front vestibule to assist, Amato said.

The officer identified himself and was speaking with Pierce when she became uncooperative and irate and tried to flee. A struggle ensued and Pierce scratched the officer’s arm several times and attempted to punch him, Amato said.

Pierce then got up and tried to run again, so the officer grabbed her shirt, Amato said. That’s when she pulled away, allowing her shirt to be pulled off so she could escape, Amato said.

She fled the store topless, but was apprehended a block away, Amato said. The stolen merchandise was recovered and returned to to the store. Police searching Pierce recovered narcotics paraphernalia, Amato said.

The officer sustained several scratches to his arm but refused medical attention.