3 Charged In Connection To Naugatuck Gas Station Robbery: Police

NAUGATUCK, CT — Three people have been charged in connection to an armed robbery reported earlier this month at a Naugatuck gas station, police announced over the weekend.

In a news release, police said an armed robbery was reported on Nov. 4 around 10:30 p.m. at a Citgo gas station on Prospect Street.

According to police, three people wearing ski masks, surgical gloves and dark clothing entered the store, held the clerk at gunpoint, took money from the store's register and fled the area.

The clerk was not injured during the incident, police said.

The investigation led Naugatuck and Torrington police to execute search warrants at a Torrington home on Nov. 7, according to police.

As a result of the combined investigation, Brandon Pray, 45, and Wayne Trivaudey, 37, both of Torrington, were arrested and charged in connection to robberies reported in Torrington, police said.

Naugatuck detectives then obtained arrest warrants for William Trueheart, 43, of Torrington, as well as Pray and Trivaudey, who were already in custody for the previous Torrington charges, according to police.

Police noted procedural arrangements are in place with the judicial court for arrest warrants to be served on Pray and Trivaudey, who remained in custody as of Saturday.

Trueheart was arrested Thursday in Waterbury with assistance from Waterbury and Connecticut State Police, according to Naugatuck police.

The arrest warrants charge all three with first-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit first-degree robbery, first-degree threatening while armed, conspiracy to commit first-degree threatening while armed, sixth-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny and illegal use of a facsimile firearm.

Pray, Trivaudey and Trueheart are all being held on $500,000 court-set bonds pending service of the Naugatuck arrest warrants, according to police.