Man Tries to Steal Cash Register from Bon-Ton in Hamden: Police

A New Haven man was charged with trying to steal a cash register from the Bon-Ton on Dixwell Avenue on Saturday night.

Hamden police responded to the store, located at 2300 Dixwell Avenue, at about 9:30 p.m., and investigation revealed that Michael Barlowski entered the store while concealing a crossbar, Capt. Ronald Smith said in a press release.

Store employees observed him disassembling the wires of a cash register. Barlowski, 24, subsequently took the cash register and ran toward the front of the store.

As store security approached, Barlowski attempted to shatter the storefront window with the crossbar and then began fighting with store security, according to Smith.

Hamden police promptly arrested Barlowski and transported him to police headquarters.

Barlowski, of 487 Dixwell Avenue, Apartment 1 in New Haven, was charged with second-degree robbery, third-degree assault, first-degree criminal mischief, second-degree criminal mischief, and sixth-degree larceny.

Barlowski, who was detained on a $100,000 bond, is scheduled to appear in court in Meriden Superior Court on July 10.

Michael Barlowski, 24, of New Haven

Hamden Police Department photo