3 Charged In Shoplifting Incident At Naugatuck Big Y: Police

NAUGATUCK, CT — Two men and a woman were arrested and charged Monday after a shopping cart filled with meat was shoplifted from a Big Y store in Naugatuck, according to police.

In a news release, police said a shoplifting was reported at the store around 2 p.m. after witnesses reported seeing a person push a cart full of meat out of the store.

When officers arrived in the area, they found multiple people loading the stolen items into two vehicles outside a nearby Family Dollar store, police said.

As officers approached the vehicles, two men fled on foot, according to police.

Officers arrested Gustavo Guachamin-Tashiguano, 42, after a brief foot pursuit. A second man, Luis Uyana-Guachamin, 31, was caught by officers on the Prospect Street Bridge, according to police.

A woman, Ana Cahuasqui-Ramos, 40, found in a separate vehicle in the Big Y parking lot with stolen meat and two juveniles was also arrested, police said.

Guachamin-Tashiguano and Uyana-Guachamin were each charged with larceny, conspiracy, resisting arrest and risk of injury to a child. They were both held on $25,000 bonds and arraigned in court Tuesday, according to police.

Cahuasqui-Ramos was charged with conspiracy and risk of injury to a child. She was released on a $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court later this month, according to police.

Anyone with information about the second vehicle involved, a red sedan, is asked to contact police at 203-729-5222 (ext. 3155) or via the department's confidential tip line at 203-720-1010.

A video of one of the foot chases posted by police can be viewed on the department's Facebook page.