Crime & Safety
$69 Shoplifting In Glastonbury Uncovers $75K Registry Warrant
A $69 shoplifting incident at a Glastonbury food market led to the arrest of an East Hartford man on four warrants worth $76,500.
GLASTONBURY, CT — A $69 shoplifting incident at a Glastonbury food market led to the arrest of an East Hartford man on four warrants worth $76,500 — including one for failing to register after a violent sexual offense case, police and court records show.
At 8:33 a.m. on Sept. 18, 59-year-old Stephen Cooper was picked up a block from the Glastonbury Whole Foods market after running away from staff members investigating a shoplifting there, according to a report. Police said $69 worth of merchandise was taken.
Police then discovered four failure to appear warrants forr Cooper — three for local ordinance violations with bonds of $500 each and one for failing to register for the sex-related case that carried a $75,000 bond, records show.
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Judicial system records show that Cooper was conviced twice for failng to register in 2016. Records show a 1997 sexual assault arrest.
Cooper is due back in court on Oct. 15, records show.
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He was charged with sixth-degree larceny for the Whole Foods incident, records show.
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