Home Depot Shoplifter Tried To Enter Passing Cars: EH Police

EAST HAVEN, CT - A 34-year-old shoplifter from Home Depot was arrested Saturday after 911 calls began coming in reporting a male disrupting traffic on Frontage Road, police said Sunday.

On Feb. 9, officers responded to Frontage Road for reports of a male attempting to flag down and enter cars traveling west bound on Frontage Road, police said.

The male, later identified as Kevin Kelly, 34, advised motorists that he needed to gain access to their vehicles for a “life or death” matter, police said. Upon officer’s arrival, they spotted Kelly walking along Frontage Road and detained him, police said.

Kelly advised officers that he was “just walking down the street” but it was later learned that Kelly had just been detained by Home Depot Loss Prevention for attempting to steal two Milwaukee tool sets valued at $900, police said.

The tool sets were taken away from Kelly by a good samaritan in the parking lot prior to Kelly fleeing to Frontage Road, police said. While speaking to Kelly it was also learned that he had two active arrest warrants out of East Haven and Derby.

Kelly was placed under arrest and is charged with fifth-degree larceny and second-degree breach of peace.

He was also processed on East Haven’s active warrant. Kelly was held on a $40,000 bond.

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