Brandy Mae Rombold

Police suspect a man and woman went on a violent crime spree Saturday during which they allegedly committed an armed robbery at a business near the Lawrence-Butler county line.

The pair is accused of beating and robbing a business owner and another man there while holding the victims at gunpoint.

They subsequently stole at least two vehicles in Lawrence and Beaver counties, state police said, before they burglarized a Cranberry Township home in Butler County where they stole guns and another vehicle there.

The suspects drove to Ohio where authorities eventually arrested Brandy Mae Rombold, 38, of Ellwood City.

Her alleged accomplice, Tyler M. Amos, 25, of Cochranton, Crawford County, got away but was later nabbed, state police in New Castle said Sunday afternoon.

Investigators say the crime spree began about 8:20 a.m. Saturday when the suspects burglarized Cable Hardwoods, a lumber yard on Portersville Road in Perry Township, Lawrence County.

The 60-year-old owner made an unplanned stop at his business and discovered a door to one of his sheds was opened. He was confronted by the armed suspects when he went to inspect, police said.

One of the suspects fired a shotgun.

The owner ran to his car but a second gunshot hit the vehicle. The suspects forced him into an office building where he was “held at gunpoint and threatened,” according to a police report, “prior to being robbed and beaten.”

The suspects allegedly used a baseball bat, gun, fist, hands and feet to pummel the victim.

“The (pair) then attempted to shoot the 60-year-old victim, the report said, but the gun apparently “misfired.”

During the altercation, an 84-year-old man, identified only as a family member, showed up to feed the cats at the business.

Rombold immediately held that man at gunpoint, too, police said. He was robbed of his wallet and badly beaten by both suspects.

Amos and Rombold drove off in the business owner's Toyota Scion, authorities said.

Despite serious injuries, police said, the business owner managed to crawl through the woods to a nearby home to get help. A medical helicopter later flew him to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

The older man was taken by ambulance to Ellwood City Hospital. The victims' conditions were not known Sunday afternoon.

During the alleged spree, the pair burglarized a home on Hummingbird Hill in Cranberry Township. They stole at least two firearms and a 2016 Toyota Highlander, police said.

The suspects eventually drove to Cadiz, Ohio, where Harrison County deputy sheriffs spotted the white Highlander. The deputies gave chase and the suspects apparently ran into the woods. Rombold surrendered to authorities just after 8 p.m. Saturday.

State police investigators from Butler County went to Ohio Sunday as part of the probe into the incident.

Police, meanwhile, believe a third suspect, an unidentified man, may have been involved in the spree during which additional crimes were committed.

A full report will appear in tomorrow's Butler Eagle.