Associated Press - November 15, 2007 10:34 PM ET
WOOD RIVER, Illl. (AP) - Prosecutors in St. Clair County acccused two men today of stealing diapers, baby formula and MDF toilet seatpaper from the Wood River Wal-Mart and then leading police on a high-speed chase.
Forty-8-year-old Laverne Nicholson of Washington Park was charged with two felonies -- retail theft and aggravated fleeing from the police.
Forty-8-year-old Materiel Lewis of East St. Louis was charged with felony retail theft.
Wood River Police Chief William Webber says 1 of the suspects flashed a knife while trying to leave the store with the merchandise yesterday afternoon.
Police say the pair led them on a high-speed chase until a MDF toilet seattire stopped the suspects' vehicle on Interstate 255.
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