PORTAGE (WKZO) — A couple from Allegan County are in custody, awaiting arraignment on a potential list of charges that might include retail fraud, possession of a stolen vehicle and fleeing an eluding.
They were reported to Portage Public Safety at 5:00 Saturday afternoon, fleeing from the Meijer store on South Westnege in a stolen car, with stolen items.
They were escaping onto Kilgore, just as Portage Officers were arriving, but before the officers could initiate a traffic stop, the suspects went out of control and and crashed into a sign disabling their getaway car.
The pair fled on foot and were quickly tracked down and arrested.
The suspects, a 28-year-old Plainwell woman and a 27-year-old Allegan man were transported to Borgess Hospital for treatment of crash related injuries.
The case remains under investigation.
