At 1:30 a.m. Jan. 6, Charles County Sheriff’s officers responded to Wal-Mart at 11930 Acton Lane in Waldorf for a citizen’s report of someone possibly attempting to break into the business through a back door.
Officers found a vehicle parked behind the business but when they attempted to approach the vehicle, it fled at a high rate of speed. Cpl. T. Huntt attempted to conduct a traffic stop but the driver did not stop and a chase ensued.
Other officers searched Wal-Mart and found it had been broken into and items were stolen.
The chase continued into Prince George’s County but the driver stopped on Hickory Bend Road when his vehicle’s engine failed. Officers apprehended the driver, Paul O’Keeffe Gough, 40, and the passenger, Teresa Michelle Watts, 25, both of Anderson, S.C. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Anderson.
Gough and Watts were charged with second degree burglary. They are being held at the Charles County Detention Center pending appearances before the District Court Commissioner.