PITTSBURG — Two Pittsburg residents are in custody after allegedly committing an armed theft Friday morning on the Snak-Atak, 1101 E. Fourth St., Pittsburg.
At 4:40 a.m. Friday, Pittsburg police on patrol noticed a white man operating down the alley close to the Snack-Atak, which is at Fourth and Rouse. The person entered a ready car. On the similar time, police dispatchers have been notified of an armed theft on the comfort retailer.
After a brief pursuit, the person ran from the car. The motive force, recognized as 27-year-old Cheyenne McNaught, was detained. Officers discovered the person, recognized as 29-year-old Benjamin Lewis, below a home in 1000 block of East Fifth Avenue.
Each have been arrested and transported to the Crawford County Jail. Lewis was booked in for aggravated theft, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstruction of the authorized course of, and a no-bond warrant from the Kansas Division of Corrections for a earlier aggravated theft cost. McNaught was booked in for aggravated theft. She is being held on a $75,000 bond.
Lewis was on parole supervision for the 2012 convictions for aggravated theft and possession of precursors used to fabricate meth. The KDOC web site listed him as an absconder as of Dec. 13. He’s additionally on probation for failing to register below the Kansas Offender Registration Act in Crawford County.
McNaught was launched from jail in mid-November after pleading no contest to felony theft. Sentencing is scheduled in that case for Jan. 9.
The investigation into the theft is ongoing. Anybody with info on this crime, or different incidents, is urged to contact the Pittsburg Police Division at 620- 231-1700 or its tip line at 620-231-TIPS (8477). Callers might stay nameless.