Mount Vernon Woman Steals From Wallkill Area Stores: NYSP

WALLKILL, NY — A Westchester County woman was accused of stealing from Wallkill area stores and trying to get away from the police.

The New York State Police said, shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday, troopers were notified by a manager at a local Price Chopper about a person who left the store with a cart full of items for which she didn’t pay.

Authorities said the woman was seen putting the merchandise in her 2008 Volvo XC90 and leaving the area.

Her SUV was seen on Crystal Run Road, and a trooper initiated a traffic stop.

The driver of the Volvo — later identified as Analda Robertson, 36, of Mount Vernon — failed to stop and tried to get away from the trooper.

During the pursuit, she struck the trooper’s vehicle and an uninvolved car.

Robertson was eventually stopped a short time later on Blumel Road, and she was arrested.

Police said a search of her SUV yielded more than $1,100 worth of stolen items from numerous stores in the Wallkill area.

Robertson was charged with:

• Fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, a felony
• Second-degree criminal mischief, a felony
• Obstruction of governmental administration, a misdemeanor
• Resisting arrest, a misdemeanor
• Petit larceny, a misdemeanor
• Third-degree fleeing police in a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor
• Second-degree reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor
• Fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor

Police also issued her 80 traffic tickets returnable to the Town of Wallkill Court.

Robertson was arraigned in the Orange County Central Arraignment Center and sent to the Orange County Jail on $500 bail, $1,000 bond or $2,000 secured bond.

She is set to return to the Town of Wallkill Court Wednesday.