Mystery Solved: Kitten In Stolen Vehicle Reunited With Family: Police

MERIDEN, CT — The mystery of the kitten found in a stolen vehicle that crashed with a police cruiser in Meriden has been solved.

The kitten belonged to one of the juveniles that was arrested after the crash, police said in an update Thursday. The kitten has been returned to the owner’s family, according to police.

Police previously said the 7-week-old male cat was found under the seat while the stolen vehicle was being processed after the crash.

“While we have no idea why the juvenile did not alert us that it was their kitten or make attempts to have someone contact us regarding the status of the kitten, it was returned to the juvenile’s mother,” police wrote in a post on Facebook. “We appreciate everyone’s efforts in sharing the post and raising awareness of our efforts to reunite him with his family. It was a response to one of the posts that led us back to the juvenile. We also appreciate all the calls and emails to our Animal Control Officers with offers to adopt our furry friend.”

A Meriden police cruiser with two detectives inside was involved in a crash with a stolen vehicle on South Broad Street in Meriden on Aug. 10.

Meriden police and several other local departments were searching for the vehicle as it was suspected of being used in armed robberies in Wallingford, Branford, Southington, and Torrington, just hours before the crash, according to police.

The occupants of the stolen vehicle were also suspected of driving head-on at Meriden police officers, and civilians, and swerving away at the last moment over several hours earlier that morning, according to police.

Officers found three stolen vehicles, with suspects, in Hubbard Park. As officers approached, police said the suspects lit one car on fire and fled in the other two.

Six people, two adults and four juveniles, were arrested after the crash.