BOSTON (CBS) – Two shoplifting suspects had been arrested in Boston after a chase that began in Stoneham Monday morning. A Stoneham Police officer was allegedly dragged by the suspect’s automobile through the pursuit.
At about 11 a.m. Stoneham Police responded to a reported shoplifting at Well-known Footwear on Foremost Road. A clerk instructed officers that the suspect, later recognized as 39-year-old James Rogers of Mashpee, fled the shop with a number of pairs of sneakers. Rogers acquired right into a automobile allegedly pushed by 37-year-old Marquise Henry of Dorchester.
Two Stoneham Cops working a element on Montvale Avenue tried to cease the automobile. The automobile allegedly struck and dragged one of many officers down the road. The officer was not significantly injured.
Stoneham Police notified space regulation enforcement after the automobile fled onto I-93 South. A short while later, State Police arrested Henry and Rogers on the Paul Revere Park in Charlestown.
Rogers was arraigned on shoplifting expenses and launched on private recognizance. Henry faces a number of expenses together with assault and battery with a harmful weapon and failure to cease for a police officer. Henry is being held on $500 bail.