COLONIE — An Albany man paroled last week faces more than 10 years in prison after he was arrested for his role in a theft from a retailer and a crash during a police chase four days after he got out of prison.

Keith Brough, 31, was one of three suspects who hopped into a stolen car and evaded troopers for more than 10 miles after stealing merchandise from a Boscov's, State Police said.

Another suspect, Freddie McRae, was released from prison on Dec. 9.

The incident unfolded Saturday night when Brough, McRae and Kimberly Peters were spotted stealing from a Clifton Park Boscov's and running from the store, State Police said.

A store employee ran after the suspects and took down the license plate of the car they used, troopers said. The car came up as stolen from Albany and was quickly tracked by police on the on the Northway, less than a mile from the Boscov's, near Exit 9.

Troopers said the suspects refused to pull over and led police on a chase into Colonie. The chase ended when the vehicle pulled off the highway and crashed into a guardrail on Route 2, troopers said.

All three were charged with third- and fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. McCrae, who has outstanding bench warrants in Colonie, was also charged with resisting arrest, troopers said.

State Police said they did not know what the suspects took from Boscov's. No one was injured the crash, troopers said.

Peters, 41, of Ballston Spa, in the only one of three suspects who has not served prison time.

Brough of Albany, was released from Woodburne Correctional Facility in Sullivan County on Jan. 18, according to Department of Corrections and Community Supervision records.

Brough had been sent back to prison in June on a parole violation. He was released in January 2011 after serving four years for attempted burglary.

Brough was being held at a local jail.

McCrae was paroled in December after his ninth parole violation in less than 20 years, according to DOCCS records.

McRae has spent 13 years in prison since 1987 for the parole violations and four convictions, all for either possession of stolen property or burglary.