2nd Arrest Made In Southington CVS Robbery/Assault: Police

SOUTHINGTON, CT — Local police said Thursday a second suspect has been charged in connection with a robbery/assault at a Southington CVS pharmacy last month.

According to the Southington Police Department, Rashaun A. Jeffers, 32, of Bloomfield, was charged on Tuesday, July 15, with conspiracy to commit second-degree robbery and conspiracy to commit third-degree larceny.

He was taken into custody on $50,000 bond and will appear in New Britain Superior Court July 29, police said.

Police said Jeffers was taken into custody on an arrest warrant at New Britain Superior Court while in attendance for unrelated charges.

He was transported to Southington Police Headquarters, where he was charged and processed.

Jeffers was positively identified in association with a strong-arm robbery at Southington CVS at 326 Main St. on June 19.

The SPD said Jeffers was working with a female suspect also charged in connection with that crime.

According to the SPD, on Thursday, June 19, at 3:50 p.m., officers responded to that store for a robbery that had just been reported.

Two suspects were involved, police said, an adult male and an adult female, who was eventually identified as Tadae S. Love, 24, of Hartford, who was charged by police in connection with the crime on July 7.

Police said the pair arrived together at CVS in a vehicle and entered the store.

The incident began when the male suspect, identified as Jeffers, made contact with a female employee seeking access to a locked fragrance display case, police said.

Once access was denied by the employee, Love confronted the employee, kicking and shoving her backward, police said in a prior release July 8.

"Love then forcefully removed a set of keys from a lanyard around the employee’s neck,
accessed the fragrance display, and loaded over $2,000 of merchandise into a large beach
bag," wrote the SPD.

From July 8: 'Hartford Woman Accused Of Robbing Southington CVS, Assaulting An Employee: Police'