Car Burglars Caught Thanks To Alert Resident: Fairfield Police

FAIRFIELD, CT — Two suspected car burglars were recently arrested thanks to an alert resident, according to the Fairfield Citizen.

The Citizen reports a resident in the Jennings Road area called police after hearing her car making a “beeping sound” and saw that a door was open and it had been rummaged through. Responding officers saw two people running from the area.

Taylon Silva, 23, of New Haven, was taken into custody after a brief struggle and his 15-year-old accomplice, a West Haven resident, was later found hiding under some leaves, according to the Citizen. Both were arrested. Police said about five vehicles in the area had been burglarized.

Read more at the Fairfield Citizen here.

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