Arrests Pile Up For Former New Canaan Health Care Worker: Cops

NEW CANAAN, CT — A former employee of an unnamed "residential treatment facility" in New Canaan was arrested for the fifth time this week in connection with the theft of items from a patient, according to New Canaan police.

Thirty-year-old Bridgeport resident Drew A. Eccleston, of Bond Street, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday charging him with fourth-degree larceny.

Eccleston was an employee at the hospital in late March when the theft allegedly occurred, according to police, and he is accused of stealing $1,100 worth of items from the patient. In September of last year, he was accused of allegedly stealing money from patients at the facility to pay his utility bills, said New Canaan police at the time.

New Canaan police released Eccleston Tuesday on a promise to appear in Norwalk Superior Court on June 6.

Photo: Drew Eccleston. Photo credit: New Canaan Police Department

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