Crime & Safety
Shoplifter With 5 Outstanding Warrants Caught At Target: North Haven PD
Police said the suspect ran out of the rear fire emergency exit with a cart full of stolen items, where an officer was waiting.
NORTH HAVEN, CT — A shoplifting suspect who was wanted on five outstanding warrants in multiple towns was arrested Wednesday in North Haven, according to police.
Police responded around 2:20 p.m. on April 2 to Target on Universal Drive on the report of a known shoplifter in the store, according to officials.
“As police entered the front door, the suspect ran out the rear fire emergency exit with a cart full of stolen items,” police wrote in a post on Facebook. “Waiting outside the emergency door was a North Haven Police Officer.”
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A 40-year-old East Haven woman was taken into custody and charged with sixth-degree larceny, according to police.
Police said the woman was charged with two other warrants in connection with thefts from businesses in North Haven.
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She also had arrest warrants from Madison, Derby, and Newington.
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