2 Christmas Eve theft suspects arrested after fleeing Walmart

As last minute shoppers were scampering to buy Christmas gifts  at a busy southside store, quick acting police  made a traffic stop nearby as suspects with a car packed full of allegedly stolen merchandise fled in a vehicle tonight.

• ​Timothy J. Bealmear, 39, of Terre Haute, was booked into the Vigo County Jail at about 6:15 p.m. He is charged with criminal conversion. 
• Nikki J. Bealmear, 37, also of Terre Haute, was booked into the Vigo County Jail at about 7 p.m. She is charged with criminal conversion and criminal trespass. 

​Indiana State Police, assisted by Vigo County Sheriff's Office deputies, stopped the gold -colored passenger car on South U.S. 41, outside of the Southwood subdivision just after 5:30 p.m. --- minutes before Walmart closed early for Christmas Eve business hours. Officers were observed carrying several large bags of allegedly stolen property from the vehicle. 

Both suspects have been released from the jail on their own recognizance.