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3 women charged following tri-county chase

Alysia McCall, Shekia McNeill and Jasmine McRay are facing felony charges after allegedly stealing merchandise and leading police on a chase through three counties.

WADESBORO— Three women involved in a tri-county chase on Monday are facing a trio of felony charges in Anson County.

WSOC-TV reports that Jasmine McRay, Shekia McNeill and Alysia McCall were arrested after allegedly stealing nearly $1,000 in merchandise from an unnamed department store in Wadesboro.

Officers reportedly saw the suspect vehicle following the alleged theft and were led on a chase through Anson and Richmond counties before finally being caught in Scotland County.

According to WSOC, police say they had the car boxed in but the driver attempted to run into an officer as they approached the vehicle.

The Charlotte television station also reports that a getaway driver is still on the loose.

Calls made to the Wadesboro Police Department on Tuesday and Wednesday were not returned.

McRay, McNeill and McCall are each charged with one felony count of: larceny; altering, stealing or destroying criminal evidence; and fleeing to elude arrest with a motor vehicle.

McCray, 31, was released from the Anson County Jail Tuesday evening. McNeill and McCall remain in custody, each under a $10,000 secured bond.

Online court records show the women have pending charges in several other counties.

McCall is facing felony charges of common law robbery and conspiracy in Cumberland County and misdemeanor charges of shoplifting and resisting a public officer in Moore County.

McNeill, 27, has the following pending charges:

Cumberland County – simple assault; two counts each of felony larceny and possession of stolen goods; attempting to obtain property by false pretenses; interfering with an electronic monitoring device; felony conspiracy; and second-degree trespassing.

  • Durham County – shoplifting
  • Moore County (per Anson County Jail records) – shoplifting; resisting a public officer; and identity theft.
  • Wake County – aiding and abetting larceny; reckless driving to endanger; and resisting a public officer.

McRay has the following pending charges:

  • Cumberland – organized retail theft greater than $1,500; three counts each of possession of stolen goods and felony conspiracy; two counts of felony larceny; and one count of misdemeanor larceny.
  • Wake County – being a habitual felon; felony larceny; and habitual larceny.

Jail records also show McRay is facing extradition as a fugitive from another state.

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Records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction show McCray has a long list of convictions for shoplifting, larceny and common law robbery in Cumberland and Robeson counties dating back to 2005, spending more than four years behind bars for her crimes.

McNeill also has an extensive record.

She was first convicted in Cumberland County on two counts of shoplifting in 2007.

McNeill later spent three years in prison, starting in 2014, following convictions of: robbery with a dangerous weapon; financial card fraud; common law robbery; obtaining property by false pretenses; misdemeanor larceny; and hit and run, driving without a license and a miscellaneous motor vehicle violation.

McCall has no prior convictions in the state.

All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

 



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