Muddy Boots Lead To Arrest In South Windsor Battery Theft Case

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT — The theft of motorcycle batteries has led to charges against a South Windsor woman, police said.

Just beore 8 Thursday morning, South Windsor police arrested Melanie M. Marcoux, 32, of South Windsor on an active warrant.

Marcoux’s arrest stems from an investigation in February involving the theft of used motorcycle

batteries from a shipping container at Max BMW Motorcycles, 1535 John Fitch Boulevard (Route 5).

During the course of the investigation, officers located several items of "evidentiary value," including a headlamp, in a muddy area between the rear of the business where the shipping container is located and a residential neighborhood on Fitch Meadow Lane, according to a report.

Officers located muddy boots on the front door step of 36 Fitch Meadow Lane — Marcoux's listed address — and later reviewed surveillance footage and receipts from a local scrap metal facility that indicated she had scrapped several used motorcycle batteries using her state identification, according to a report.

Marcoux later admitted to the theft in an interview with police, according to a report.

She was initially held on a $35,000 surety bond and was to appear in Manchester Superior Court Thursday to face charges that include third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal trespass, third-degree criminal mischief and sixth-degree larceny, according to a police.