The two are suspected of stealing three carstwo with guns insidein various states. They were the subjects of a search that stretched from Kentucky to Georgia.
Authorities discovered them asleep in a Toyota Tundra stolen in Georgia, the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office in Kentucky said in a statement.
“The vehicle was surrounded by law enforcement, and both Hayes and Phillips were taken into custody without further incident,” the sheriff’s office said.
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This week, the sheriff’s department said the couple was spotted on security-camera video at a Walmart store in Manning, South Carolina.
A Toyota Tundra pickup with a Georgia firefighter license plate was reported stolen from the area around the same time. That truck had two handguns inside — a .38-caliber and a .45-caliber, the sheriff’s department said.