'Most Wanted' Thief Caught in Concord

CONCORD, MA — A Weymouth man allegedly involved in multiple theft cases across Massachusetts has been arrested in Concord.

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Steven Stanley, 44, was charged with larceny from a building and larceny over $250, according to the Concord Police Department.

On Jan. 8, an associate at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Concord notified police that several pairs of high-end eyeglass frames were stolen. The reporting party provided detectives with a detailed description of the suspect and surveillance video from the business.

While looking at surveillance footage, police were able to determine that the suspect in the video was Stanley. Shortly later, police in Acton informed local police departments that two suspects had entered an optometry practice and acted in a way that made employees believe they were attempting to steal glasses. The suspects then left the practice and were last seen driving towards Concord.

As officers responded to the optometry practice, police received a second report that two individuals from the previous Acton report had entered another optometry practice and were acting suspiciously before they were confronted by employees and left the business.

Two detectives from Concord located a vehicle matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle along with the two individuals fitting the description of the suspects. One of the men in the vehicle was Stanley and was taken into custody.

In addition to the Concord case, Stanley had nine open warrants for similar charges and was listed on Boston Police Department’s most wanted list.

He was wanted by the Boston Police Department on two warrants for larceny over $250; Burlington Police Department on a warrant fro unarmed robbery, assault and battery, larceny over $250, and organized retail theft; Braintree Police Department on two warrants for assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and larceny over $250; Randolph Police Department on a warrant for larceny over $250; Wrentham Police Department on a warrant for larceny over $250; and the Natick Police Department on two warrants for three counts of larceny over $250 and two counts of assault and battery.

Stanley is scheduled to be arraigned in Concord District Court Monday morning.