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Two people involved in a car chase that started at Toys R Us in Middletown and ended near a baseball field have been sentenced.
David Pilawski, 26, of Warminster, and Nicole Apgar, 25, of Rockledge, both plead guilty before judges in Doylestown and were sentenced to two years probation. Pilawski plead guilty in October to a charge of retail theft and Apgar plead guilty late last month to a charge of fleeing or attempting to allude an officer.
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According to court papers, Pilawski walked into the Toys R Us on East Lincoln Highway on June 28 and stole $125 worth of baby formula. He then walked out a side door with a basket containing the stolen formula and walked to white Mitsubishi Lancer parked in the rear of the store, authorities said.
A police officer completing paperwork in the parking lot of the Toys R Us and watched Pilawski get in the car with the basket and began to follow the vehicle.
The officer next activated the red and blue emergency lights and audible siren in an attempt to the stop the car, police said.
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When the officer tried to stop the car, Apgar did not stop and kept going. Apgar did not stop at a red light and got onto Oxford Valley Road, which had both lanes blocked, and drove over a concrete road island, police said. They added that she zoomed off on the road, passing numerous car and kicking up grass and debris.
Police found the suspects and a Lancer with a flat tire nearby in the Twin Oaks section.
