High-Speed Chase In Hudson Valley After Price Chopper Theft, SP
A New York woman is accused of stealing over $1,000 worth of merchandise from a Hudson Valley Price Chopper and then leading state police on a high-speed chase.
New York State Police from Orange County reported a woman was arrested after going to Price Chopper.
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On Sunday around 10 a.m., New York State Police from the Middletown barracks were notified by a manager at a local Price Chopper about a woman who allegedly left the store with a cart full of items without paying.
She was observed placing the items in her vehicle and fled the area in a 2008 Volvo-XC90, police say.
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A Trooper observed the vehicle on Crystal Run Road and initiated a traffic stop, but the driver didn't stop and a high-speed chase ensued, according to police.
The driver, later identified as 36-year-old Analda Robertson from Mount Vernon, New York, failed to stop and attempted to elude the Trooper.
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During the chase she struck the Trooper’s vehicle and an uninvolved vehicle, police say.
She was eventually stopped a short time later on Blumel Road and arrested.
A Mount Vernon woman was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges following a pursuit in Wallkill, New York
She was charged with the following:
- Criminal Possession of Stolen Property 4th degree- felony
- Criminal Mischief 2nd degree- felony
- Obstruction of Governmental Administration- misdemeanor
- Resisting Arrest- misdemeanor
- Petit Larceny- misdemeanor
- Fleeing a Police in a Motor Vehicle 3rd degree – misdemeanor
- Reckless Endangerment 2nd degree- misdemeanor
- Criminal Mischief 4th degree- misdemeanor
Over $1,000 Stolen Items Found In Car
According to New York State Police, a search of Robertson’s vehicle yielded over $1,100 worth of stolen items from numerous stores in the Wallkill area.
She was also issued 80 traffic tickets all returnable to the Town of Wallkill Court.
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Robertson was arraigned at the Orange County Central Arraignment Center in front of Judge Ozman and remanded to Orange County Jail on $500 cash bail, $1,000 bond or $2,000 secured bond.
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