Ft. Payne Burglary suspects lead police on three state chase

A police chase entered three states Thursday as it went through an area where Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia meet, eventually ending with the arrest of three suspects in the burglary of a Fort Payne pharmacy.  The suspects were eventually captured by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Their names and charges were unavailable from Tennessee authorities but burglary and traffic charges will be filed in Fort Payne, according to Police Chief Randy Bynum.  The chase began Thursday morning after Fort Payne Police officers were called to  Kilgore Express Pharmacy on Greenhill Boulevard of burglary  in progress.  Officers arrived to find the front door damaged and pieces of store inventory on the floor. A passerby told officers that the vechile driven by the suspect was a black passenger car.  Fort Payne officers spotted the car on Interstate 59 North with the rear license plate obstructed. When they attempted to make a traffic stop, the driver refused to pull over.  A chase ensued and occupants began throwing items from the car as it traveled along the interstate. Georgia law enforcement officials joined the chase as the interstate crossed the state line and attempting to intercept the car.The car then exited I-59 onto I-24 westbound, where Tennessee Highway Patrol officers joined the pursuit.  When the car was eventually stopped on I-24, three suspects inside were arrested.