Police News: Recent Arrests

Editor’s note: One person’s name was removed from this report because he or she received a pardon.

Larceny Arrest

Officers responded to a shoplifting complaint at the Stop & Shop grocery store, 259 Bull Hill Lane, on Feb. 13 at 4:14 p.m.

According to the report, officers learned that Jonathan O'Hara, 43, of 164 Riggs Rd, Orange, had selected $69.42 worth of merchandise from the shelves, and left the store without paying.

Store security agents stopped him and detained him until police arrived.

O'Hara was charged with sixth-degree larceny and released on $500 bond for court Feb. 27.

Warrant Arrests

An Oklahoma woman surrendered herself at police headquarters, 314 Lambert Road on Feb. 15 at 6:29 a.m.

Police said [Name Removed], 32, of Tulsa, OK, was wanted on a warrant stemming from January 2007, when she was employed at the Burlington Coat Factor store, and alleged to have caused the store $208.78 in losses by giving away merchandise to friends without charging them.

After her arrest for those charges she did not appear in court; a new warrant was issued, and served on this date.

[Name Removed] was charged with second-degree failure to appear in court

She was held on $1,500 bond.

A traffic stop on Feb. 15 at 11:15 p.m., led to the arrest of a West Haven man.

Police said Robert Lyons, 25, of 13 Antrim St., was taken into custody after a traffic stop, when officers learned that he had an active warrant against him.

The warrant stemmed from an August, 2011 car accident for which he did not appear in court to answer the charges.

Lyons was charged with second-degree failure to appear in court.

He was released after posting $1,000 bond, for court Feb. 29.