Chase led to bean field, arrest in lottery ticket case

Oct 11, 2016, 6:58 pm (22 comments)

Indiana Lottery

MUNCIE, Ind. — The arrest of an Indiana woman accused of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets from local stores came only after she led a police officer on a car chase that ended in a bean field.

Abby Nicole Engle, 26, of the 4200 block of West University Avenue in Muncie, was arrested Friday morning. Details of the events leading to her capture were included in an affidavit released Monday.

Albany officer Mat McConnell reported that he was sent to that town's Village Pantry, 641 W. Walnut St., about 5:15 a.m. Friday after a woman was reported to have stolen Hoosier Lottery tickets there. On his way to the store, he saw a car matching a description provided by witnesses run a red light at Walnut and State streets.

He turned on his vehicle's emergency lights after following the car into the McDonald's parking lot.

The driver then "took off at a high rate of speed," he reported. During a westbound pursuit on Ind. 67 and Delaware County Road 700-N, the driver "ran every stop sign until reaching (Ind.) 3," he wrote.

The officer said he lost sight of the vehicle after it left Ind. 3, traveling through bean fields with its headlights turned off. The Honda Civic was found a short time later crashed in a bean field near county roads 1000-N and 150-E.

Engle was later captured "trying to escape from a bean field near Eaton," about a quarter-mile from the car, McConnell wrote.

In a later interview, Engle reportedly admitted driving the car during the pursuit, and stealing lottery tickets both from the Albany Village Pantry and the Pak-A-Sak convenience store at 405 N. Mississinewa Ave.

In a separate affidavit, Muncie police investigator Dustin Lee recounted six incidents at local convenience stores — between Sept. 10 and Oct. 5  that allegedly saw Engle and  a male accomplice steal scratch-off lottery tickets after distracting clerks.

Engle remained in the Delaware County jail on Monday under a $15,000 bond, preliminarily charged with resisting law enforcement and two counts of theft.

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StarPress, Lottery Post Staff

Comments

rcbbuckeye's avatarrcbbuckeye

Stupid is as stupid does.

LiveInGreenBay's avatarLiveInGreenBay

One less Hillary voter.

Bleudog101

Quote: Originally posted by rcbbuckeye on Oct 11, 2016

Stupid is as stupid does.

Obviously she didn't listen to Nancy Reagan's advice:  Just say NO to Drugs.  Taxpayer probably on the hook one way or the  other.

Groppo's avatarGroppo

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To:  All young women out there,

Please don't attempt to pull off such foolish things.
You will eventually be caught.  You guys too. 

But you women should read the above story,
and figure out what the heck your problem is.

Are you on drugs?
Get drug help.

Are you angry? 
Get anger help.

     Are you in a relationship you no longer want?
     Get out of the relationship NOW!


      But don't steal our lottery tickets! 


     I'm afraid, some day, 'they're' going to come on the news and announce:

"The lottery department has asked all participating states to shut down their
lottery headquarters operations, and nullify all tickets in their state, thanks to the numerous
lottery ticket thefts  which have been allowed to run rampant."


(rampant is a term describing something that's violently out of control)

MaximumMillions

Quote: Originally posted by LiveInGreenBay on Oct 11, 2016

One less Hillary voter.

Wouldn't she be one more Hillary voter? Prison reform?

music*'s avatarmusic*

 At least Abby Engle was caught at a young age of 26. She has more opportunities to turn her life around. 

 Drugs, Alcohol, and marijuana. When will it end?

 This is job security for our thin blue line, the cops.

Dance

noise-gate

Oh Abby. There was an almost recent arnold movie where he pulled the same thing..only he drove thru a cornfield * l think with this tricked out vehicle- messed it up real bad in the end though. Come to think of it, destruction for most things are part for the course in all his movies. 

sully16's avatarsully16

Bean field ? Maybe she thought she was Jackie and the bean stalk.

reddog's avatarreddog

Quote: Originally posted by LiveInGreenBay on Oct 11, 2016

One less Hillary voter.

AMEN !!!  Party

HaveABall's avatarHaveABall

Well, not if she is receives a conviction record. What?

dallascowboyfan's avatardallascowboyfan

Go to jail, go directly to jail do not pass the bean field.....

LottoAce's avatarLottoAce

Quote: Originally posted by LiveInGreenBay on Oct 11, 2016

One less Hillary voter.

not everyone who backs Hillary is a poor criminal.
some are rich criminals who back Trump!

you do realize that a president is placed in office
by electorial votes. not popular vote.
read the constitution.

maybe this woman can get help and reform.
worse case scenario, she can become a
social worker.

LiveInGreenBay's avatarLiveInGreenBay

Quote: Originally posted by LottoAce on Oct 12, 2016

not everyone who backs Hillary is a poor criminal.
some are rich criminals who back Trump!

you do realize that a president is placed in office
by electorial votes. not popular vote.
read the constitution.

maybe this woman can get help and reform.
worse case scenario, she can become a
social worker.

I know that Lotto... Don't lecture me on the Constitution.  BTW did you see the last debate?  When Hillary was asked about Supreme Court appointees?  She didn't mention the Constitution once.  What does that tell you?

EdG1955

I think this young lady has learned a valuable lesson from this event.  A Honda Civic ain't worth a hill of beans when trying to outrun a cop car.  And a second important lesson -- after robbing convenience stores, don't blow through red lights and attract attention to yourself.

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