Connecticut
CT Couple Who Stole $1M In Lululemon Merchandise Busted In MN: Reports
WOODBURY, MN — A Connecticut couple stole roughly $1 million in Lululemon merchandise over the course of a multi-state retail theft operation before they were eventually arrested at a store in Minnesota, according to reports.
Danbury residents 44-year-old Jadion Anthony Richards and 45-year-old Akwele Nickeisha Lawes-Richards were charged with felony organized retail theft in connection with the crime spree that started in September, The New York Times reported.
They were arrested Nov. 14 at a location in Woodbury, Minnesota, after hitting another store in Minnesota the day before, according to NBC News, which reported there was $50,000 in Lululemon clothing at Richards’ hotel room. The couple had stolen from three other Minnesota locations as well as from stores in Connecticut, New York, Colorado and Utah, the Times reported.
To pull off the thefts, Richards would enter a store and make a relatively small purchase, according to the Times. Then, he and Lawes-Richards would use a tool to attach a security tag from a different item in the store to one of Richards’ purchases, causing the alarm to go off when he left, the Times reported. Lawes-Richards and a third person would walk out ahead of Richards with stolen merchandise under their clothes, but employees would assume the alarm was from Richards and the misplaced security tag, according to the Times.
Naugatuck Police say one person has been arrested after a multi-car accident on Route 63 Saturday afternoon.
According to police, they responded to the area of Route 63 and Cherry Street around 1 p.m. for reports of a collision with injuries.
They say a 30-year-old man from Waterbury was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs/alcohol, operating under the influence with a child passenger, illegal possession of prescription drugs, failure to keep narcotics in the original container, risk of injury to a child and distracted driving.
Police say he is being held on a $10,000 Surety Bond.
This is all the information at this time.
BURLINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A woman is dead after police said she was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer on Friday in Burlington.
According to Connecticut State Police, a Toyota RAV4 and Peterbuilt 386 tractor-trailer collided head-on on Route 4 near Punch Brook Road at around 4:49 p.m. on Friday.
The driver of the Toyota, identified as 64-year-old Mary Christine Ferland of Burlington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, according to state police. No one else was in either vehicle at the time of the crash.
The crash is still under investigation by state police, anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Brew at 860-626-7900.
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