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HPD: Two arrested after police pursuit and theft

Delgado / Ellis County photo

By JAMES BELL
Hays Post

Two people from Illinois were arrested after an alleged theft and subsequent police chase near Hays.

On Nov. 3 at 12:15 p.m. officers were dispatched to Walmart for a report of a robbery.

After police arrived, they found a purse had been stolen from a shopping cart by a woman who ran from the victim and entered into a nearby black Chevy Trailblazer, with possible Missouri license plates, according to Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler.

The vehicle pulled onto Interstate 70 when a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper near the area began pursuit as the vehicle traveled west. As the vehicle was moving, items were being thrown from the vehicle.

Those items were later recovered by the HPD and found to be stolen property, according to Scheibler.

After a short chase, including the unsuccessful deployment of stop sticks, the vehicle came to rest in a ditch.

Gullo / Ellis County photo

The KHP and the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office were on scene when the vehicle stopped and arrested Kristiana M. Delgado, 25, Illinois, on suspicion of theft.

The driver of the vehicle — Aaron D. Gullo, 31, Illinois — was also arrested on suspicion of felony flee and elude and theft.

Gullo faced theft charges in Lincoln, Ill., last November.

“The Hays Police Department is grateful for the cooperation of the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office in arresting the suspects,” Scheibler said, adding “the Hays Police Department would like to remind everyone that the suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.”

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