MCSO: Jewelry store robbery in Stuart leads to chase, multiple crashes

MCSO: Jewelry store robbery in Stuart leads to chase, multiple crashes

A jewelry store robbery triggered a wild chase through Martin and St.

Lucie counties on Wednesday, and ended with two people in custody, authorities say.

MULTIPLE CAR CRASHES, A LAWENFORCEMENT PURSUIT, AND ATAKEDOWN ON THE INTERSTATE.WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5'S MEGHANMCROBERTS IS LIVE IN MARTINCOUNTY- WITH THE LATESTDETAILS...RIGHT NOW DEPUTIES NEED TOFIND A NEAR 125 THOUSAND DOLLARPIECE OF JEWELRY...DEPUTIESBELIEVE MIGHT HAVE BEENDUMPED.

AND TWO SUSPECTS AREIN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW AT THEMARTIN COUNTY SHERIFFSHERIFF WILLIAMS SNYDER SAYSTHE TWO SUSPECTS ARE ACCUSEDOF ROBBING DIAMONDS BY TERRYIN STUART- THE STORESAYS A SUSPECT ASKED ANEMPLOYEE TO TRY ON A NECKLACE&THEN RAN OUT WITH THATNECKLACE.

THE OWNER SAYS ACUSTOMER ALSO TRIED FIRING ASHOT AT THEIR CAR.

BUT SNYDERSAYS THE SUSPECTS SPED OFF&THROUGH DOWNTOWN STUART ANDINTO ST.

LUCIE COUNTY- LIKELYCAUSING MULTIPLE CAR CRASHES&THANKFULLY- NO ONE WASSERIOUSLY INJURED.

THEY WEREFOLLOWED THROUGH MARTIN ANDST.

LUCIE AND FINALLY STOPPEDON I-95 IN HOBE SOUND WHENDEPUTIES THREW OUT STOPSTICKS& DISBALING THEIR CAR.THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN INTOCUSTODY.

THE DRIVER TRIEDRUNNING- BUT WAS ALSO CAUGHTQUICKLY.<SHERIFF WILLIAM SNYDER /MARTIN COUNTY "PEOPLE IN THESTORE WERE ASSAULTED.

THESESUSPECTS WERE BOUND ANDDETERMINED TO GET AWAY.

THEYHAD NO INTENTIONS IN STOPPINGHAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MARTCOUNTY SHERIFFST.

LUCIE COUNTY, THEYCERTAINLY WOULD HAVE GOTTENOUT OF HERE”ALL WE KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECTSIS ONE CLAIMS TO BE 15OTHER NOT COOPERATING AT ALLWITH INVESTIGATORS.

SNYDERSAYS MULTIPLE COUNTIES WANT TOINTERVIEW THEM AS POSSIBLESUSPECTS IN OTHER RECENTCRIMES.

MM NC 5NOW TO THE FIGHT AGAINST