Armed Robbery Suspects Stopped In Havre de Grace: Aberdeen Police

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — Two men wanted in an armed robbery at an Aberdeen gas station were taken into custody in Havre de Grace Sunday morning, police reported Monday. The duo had given chase when authorities tried to stop their car on Beards Hill Road at MD 22.

After the suspects took off from Aberdeen onto Interstate 95 north and tried to make a getaway in Havre de Grace, officials said police in Havre de Grace used stop sticks to deflate two of the car's tires on MD 155 near Ohio Street. After continuing on for about a mile, the silver Toyota Corolla finally stopped near the 400 block of Pennington Avenue, authorities reported.

Police said Nolan Maurice Rheubottom, 54, of Cheshaire Drive in Windsor Mill and James Edward Featherstone, 57, of Kenyon Avenue in Baltimore were arrested.

Court records show Rheubottom and Featherstone face 14 charges apiece: four counts of armed robbery, three counts of first and second-degree assault, two counts of robbery and two counts of having a handgun on one's person.

The charges stem from a holdup at the Crown gas station in the 800 block of West Bel Air Avenue in Aberdeen that morning. A caller reported at 8:24 a.m. Sunday that the store had been robbed at gunpoint and described two suspects who left in a light-colored Toyota, the Aberdeen Police Department said in a statement.

Following the arrest of Rheubottom and Featherstone, officials said they found lottery tickets that had been stolen during the robbery as well as a loaded .38 revolver.

Both Rheubottom and Featherstone are being held without bail at the Harford County Detention Center.

In addition to the criminal charges, Featherstone faces various traffic citations, such as reckless driving and eluding police.