MANSFIELD, CT — A 41-year-old Windham man has been charged with fifth-degree larceny and interfering with police amid accusations that he took an expensive cell phone that was left on a table at a summer camp.
The incident took place on July 31 at Camp Mansfield and the man was arrested via a warrant on Oct. 12, records show.
When the iPhone 16 was reported missing, its tracker "pinged" at the man's residence, according to a warrant. When state police asked the campers at the home if the phone might be there, the answer was "no" and the tracking was suddenly turned off, according to a warrant.
Turns out, it wasn't the girls, a warrant states.
A review of surveillance video shows an adult from the home taking the phone off a table at the camp after it apparently had been left there at pickup time, according to a warrant.
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