HOUSTON - A woman was arrested after stealing from a discount store and leading police on a high-speed chase in north Houston Monday night.
Around 9:30 p.m., the 57-year-old woman was caught shoplifting $150 worth of items from a Ross store on the North Freeway at Airline.
Employees said the woman would place items in a plastic bag and then bring them to her car in the parking lot.
The woman apparently did this multiple times and when employees confronted her, she left the store and took off in an SUV.
The employees were able to flag down an HPD officer who followed the woman. The officer tried to get her to pull over but she kept driving, reaching speeds up to 90 mph, according to HPD.
The chase lasted for about ten minutes before she turned down a dead-end street.
Officers said the woman still wouldn't listen to commands and get out of the vehicle so they had to physically pull her out and handcuff her.
The officers found more than $2,000 worth of merchandise in the back of her SUV.
She is now facing charges of evading arrest and theft. HPD has not yet released her identity.
