HOWE, Texas – Two Dallas residents are in the Grayson County Jail for their role in the burglary of a gas station in Howe early Tuesday morning.
At approximately 4:05 a.m., a Howe officer saw a gray Infiniti sedan parked outside the Valero Passport gas station in the 100 block of North Collins Freeway after store hours and individuals outside the vehicle. When the officer pulled into the parking lot, the Infiniti sped away south on the west control road of southbound U.S. Highway 75 and the officer gave chase when he saw the front door of the gas station had been shattered.
The pursuit lasted approximately three miles and reached speeds of up to 105 miles per hour before the Infiniti crashed into a field south of West Farmington Road. The officer detained passengers Barry McNeal, 33, and 32-year-old Antoinette Armstrong, both of Dallas, while the driver of the vehicle fled on foot. Officers from the Van Alstyne Police Department and Grayson County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the search for the driver but did not locate her.
McNeal and Armstrong were arrested for Burglary and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity and booked into the Grayson County Jail. McNeal was also arrested on a parole violation warrant.
The driver, also from Dallas, has been identified and faces charges for Burglary and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity as well as Evading Arrest in a motor vehicle.
No one was injured in the incident and the items stolen in the burglary, rolls of scratch-off lottery tickets, were recovered.
Armstrong, McNeal, and the driver face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.