Aberdeen police say a Fayetteville man has been charged in connection with a reported shoplifting case that led to a vehicle pursuit through a residential area last month.
Police said officers were called to Burlington on Nov. 15 for a reported larceny in progress involving two people who were allegedly filling two carts with merchandise and trying to leave the store. While officers were on the way, dispatchers relayed a description of the suspects and their vehicle, which had already fled, according to the department.
Officers searched the area and said they found the vehicle. When they tried to stop it, the driver allegedly refused and attempted to elude them. Police said the pursuit continued into a neighborhood, where the driver ran from the vehicle on foot. An officer detained a female passenger, but additional officers were unable to locate the driver…