Woman Arrested In 2016 Shopping Lifting Case: Greenwich Police

GREENWICH, CT — A 30-year-old North Bergen, NJ woman was arrested on a warrant charging her with first-degree larceny, risk of injury to a child and a host of other violations in connection with a 2016 shoplifting incident at the Greenwich Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue, according to Greenwich police.

Rosetta Armstead and an unnamed female accomplice allegedly stole several high-end handbags from the store at about 1 p.m. on Oct. 25, 2016, and fled in a car before police arrived.

While fleeing the scene, the two nearly struck a Greenwich police officer who tried to stop them while the officer was directing traffic on Greenwich Avenue at Elm Street.

The two were not caught at the time, but a subsequent investigation led to Armstead being identified as a suspect, and Greenwich police obtained a warrant for her arrest.

She was apprehended recently in New Jersey and was extradited to Greenwich on Wednesday.

Greenwich police charged her with the following:

• First-degree larceny
• Second-degree criminal mischief
• Second-degree reckless endangerment
• Disobeying the signal of an officer
• Failure to obey a stop sign
• Conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny
• Interfering with an officer
• Risk of injury to a child

She was released after posting a $75,000 surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Oct. 18.

Photo: Rosetta Armstead. Photo credit: Greenwich Police Department

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