Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Police Nab Suspected Car Thief
Following a rash of shoreline car thefts, an officer pursued two suspected stolen cars and arrested a man. A second car was found in Hamdem.
EAST LYME, CT — Nearing 3 a.m. Tuesday, an East Lyme police officer on routine patrol saw two cars, headlights on, behind a West Main pizzeria. Given the recent rash of car thefts along the shoreline, the cop hit lights and siren to do a car stop. Both cars took off speeding past him headed west on Rte 156.
One got away. Another did not. But by Tuesday morning, the second vehicle was located in Hamden. It's not yet clear if a second suspect was caught.
According to a press release from East Lyme Police, it was 2:45 a.m. when police officer Langman saw the cars in the Village Pizza parking lot and pulled in to investigate. Despite his signals for the cars to stop, they sped past him.
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Langman, with the help of Connecticut State Police Troop F and Old Saybrook police, managed to stop one car, and the other "has not been recovered yet."
Arrested was 19-year-old Jeffrey Jones of 326 Greenwich Ave., in New Haven. Jones was charged with second-degree larceny and engaging in a police pursuit.
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Held on $15,000 bond, he's expected in court today, Tuesday Oct. 8.
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