Bridgeport Man Caught In Stolen Volvo In Greenwich: Police

GREENWICH, CT — Police arrested a Bridgeport man in the early morning hours of Wednesday after he was found driving a stolen vehicle in town, according to the Greenwich Police Department.

Jovanni Jesus Quinones was arrested and failed to post a $10,000 bond, police said, noting he was on probation for a weapons in a motor vehicle violation from 2021. Police did not mention what Quinones was charged with.

Officers discovered the stolen vehicle after responding to Putnam Hill on a report of "four hooded subjects looking into cars" at approximately 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, police said in a news release.

The first responding police officer noticed two cars in the area that turned off of Milbank Avenue onto East Putnam Avenue, one closely following the other, police said. The two cars then split up and took off in different directions, and the responding officer followed one of them which fled onto I-95 northbound, police said.

The other vehicle, a Volvo, traveled westbound on West Putnam Avenue where it was seen by another officer within the Shell gas station.

Officers approached a man, later identified as Quinones, who was "uncooperative and refused to give any identification or answer any questions," police said.

"[An] investigation determined that the Volvo he was operating had just been reported as stolen, and he was then placed under arrest," police added.

Quinones is scheduled to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Feb. 5.

Police said an investigation remains ongoing.

— Written by Richard Kaufman, Patch Staff