Tolland Auto Parts Company Staffer Charged After Pawn Trip: Cops

TOLLAND, CT — An employee of a local salvage yard that sells used auto parts has been charged with larceny for trying to pawn an expensive tool set wearing a staff shirt, state police said.

State police said the owners of Bill's Auto Parts had been investigating the disappearance of several catalytic converters but it was a missing drill kit that led to a larceny charge against 45-year-old Somers resident Samuel Stocks.

He was arrested on Sunday via a warrant.

He was caught trying to pawn the set of two drills at an East Hartford pawn shop and a surveillance photo showed he was wearing a Bill's staff shirt when at the shop.

He is due in court on March 21 after posting a $5,000 bond, state police said.

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