Teen couple charged as adults in alleged 3-state crime spree
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A teen couple accused in a three-state, six-day crime spree have been charged as adults in Pennsylvania.
Sixteen-year-old Triston Kindle, of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and 15-year-old Rose May, of Sycamore, Ohio, have been charged in Pennsylvania with felony counts of aggravated assault and robbery. May is also charged with felony counts of criminal conspiracy, receiving stolen property and fleeing or trying to elude a police officer.
The two were taken into custody Saturday in West Virginia. Authorities say their crimes involved stolen vehicles, armed robbery and injuring a policeman.
Authorities say the manhunt ended because the pair couldn't swim across the Ohio River. The teens jumped into the river while fleeing police, but turned around when they realized they wouldn't make it to the other side. The two had crashed a vehicle that had been stolen in Pennsylvania and fled on foot before they were caught, CBS Pittsburgh reported.
That ended a 6-day ordeal that authorities say involved at least two stolen vehicles, the theft of ammunition from an Ohio Wal-Mart, an armed robbery and injuries to a Pennsylvania police officer.
The teens are charged as juveniles in West Virginia and will also likely face charges in Ohio.
Attempts to reach their families Wednesday were unsuccessful. The teens remain in custody.