Crime & Safety
Two Arrested In Alabaster Robbery
Police identified two individuals who they believe took part in a robbery Tuesday that ended in a high speed car chase.
ALABASTER, AL - Two men have been arrested in connection with a robbery that occurred Tuesday that ended in a police chase starting in the Pelham/Alabaster area and ending with a wreck in Calera. Police arrested 18-year-old Leecarto Jacquez Seawright of Montgomery who has been charged with 1st-degree robbery and receiving stolen property. Also charged was 17-year-old Ladarius Tyshun McDade of Montgomery. He is facing the same charges and will be prosecuted as an adult.
Both suspects were taken into custody in Calera. They are being held at the Shelby County Jail, each with a bond of $450,000. The victim of this robbery told police Seawright and McDade approached her in the parking lot of the South Promenade while she was unloading packages and asked for her car keys. Police say that's when one of the men brandished a firearm and took the victim's cell phone and left the scene.
Authorities are still investigating the case.
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