Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Shoplifting From Hamden TJ Maxx: Police
The 56-year-old, who had six active arrest warrants for failure to appear, was accused of leaving the store with $350 worth of unpaid items.
HAMDEN, CT — A New Haven man with six active arrest warrants was charged with shoplifting from the Hamden TJ Maxx last week, police said.
On Friday at around 3:30 p.m., Hamden police responded to a reported shoplifting at the TJ Maxx located at 2335 Dixwell Ave.
Following an investigation there, officers accused Jeffrey Tubman, 56, of New Haven of concealing over $350 worth of store merchandise in bags, then leaving the store without paying for the items.
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Tubman was stopped by the store's loss prevention officers, and police found that he had six active arrest warrants from multiple towns for second-degree failure to appear in court.
Tubman was charged with sixth-degree larceny. He was held on a $1,000 bond for the shoplifting charge and $14,000 in court-set bonds for the failure to appear warrants, police said.
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He is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on April 26.
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