Crime & Safety

New Canaan Police Make ID Theft Arrest

The arrest is related to a car burglary that occurred last year, police said.

NEW CANAAN, CT- Police arrested a Springfield, Mass. woman after she committed identity theft with credit cards, police said.

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Shavonne Cox-Elueuthere, 33, was arrested after she was taken into custody by Hartford Police.

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A vehicle on Oenoke Ridge Road was broken into on June 6, 2015 and credit cards were stolen, police said.

Police have been working to arrest suspects during a rash of car burglaries that occurred in summer 2015.

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She was charged with second and third-degree identity theft and two counts of illegal use of a credit card.

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