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Citizen Aids Cops in Arrest of Ink Thieves
SHELTON — A concerned citizen Thursday helped police track down three Brooklyn, N.Y., suspects in an attempted shoplifting.The citizen was in the parking lot of Staples, 3 Armstrong Road, at about 2:45 p.m. and saw the trio running from guards, said Detective Sgt. Kevin Ahern.The three had allegedly tried to shoplift 12 ink toner cartridges worth about $1,400, Ahern said.
The three left in a white Toyota passenger van, with the citizen following. Police stopped the van on Huntington Street and arrested the trio.In the van, police found a GPS, which had been loaded with the addresses of several Fairfield County area Staples stores, Ahern said. “It appears to us that they were in the Fairfield store and the Bridgeport store,” he said. Police don’t know if anything was taken from those stores.
Geshaun Hutson, 29, and Alonzo Hutson, 53, both of 921 Lafayette Ave.; and Shamala Michael, 22, of 165 Covert St., were all charged with conspiracy to commit larceny and criminal attempt at larceny, both in the fourth degree, Ahern said.Geshaun Hutson posted $10,000 bail and was released for an appearance April 27 in Superior Court, Derby, Ahern said.The other two were held overnight in lieu of $10,000 bail and arraigned Friday, he said.
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