JACKSON COUNTY-A Kansas woman who is a suspect in a burglary is in a Kansas jail on a $40,000 bond.

After a 10 week search, Megan Marie Hollister, 32, Horton, was taken into custody by the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office  following a pursuit with a stolen vehicle she was allegedly driving, according to a media release.

The pursuit ended in a crash and Hollister was treated in an Atchison hospital for injuries.

In August, Jackson County Kansas Deputies were dispatched to the City of Whiting after receiving a report of two suspicious females in the 500 Block of 3rd Street. A deputy was directed by a citizen to a residence on Pratt Street in Whiting where a female had been hiding in a closet.

The female fled the house on foot and was later identified as Megan Marie Hollister. The area was searched by deputies and additional officers from the Kickapoo Tribal Police and the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. However, Hollister was not located. Shortly thereafter, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary to a residence in the 500 block of 3rd Street in Whiting. A number of electronic items were taken from the residence.

Later Shelby Rose Hopkins, 19, of Whiting was found at the Pratt Street residence hiding in an attic crawl space. The female was extricated from the crawl space by Jackson County Deputies and was arrested. Hopkins was booked into the Jackson County Jail for the following charges: Burglary of a Dwelling, Theft, Criminal damage to property, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Felony Interference with Law Enforcement. Bond on Hopkins was set at $10,000.00. The stolen items were recovered.

The second burglary suspect, Megan Marie Hollister, 32 remained at large. In September Jackson County Deputies served a search warrant on a Jewel Street residence in Topeka in an attempt to capture Hollister. It is believed Hollister left the residence prior to law enforcements arrival.

Hollister is being held in the Jackson County jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine, residential burglary, theft, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal damage of property.