FAIRFIELD, Conn. A Bridgeport man was charged with shoplifting from a Fairfield store Monday night after police caught him following a car accident in Bridgeport.
Employees at Walgreens pharmacy on Villa Avenue told police a black male wearing a mechanics suit and a hood walked into the store just after midnight Monday. The man placed about $120 worth of merchandise into a shopping cart, and then ran out of the store without paying for the items, police said. He then got into an SUV and drove toward the Bridgeport border, police said.
Bridgeport police said the vehicle the man used was reported stolen from a residence in the city that same night. The cars owner did not know it had gone missing until police arrived to ask about it, police said. It was later found involved in an accident at the corner of Iranistan and Fairfield avenues in Bridgeport, police said.
The cars driver, Allen Johnson, 34, was taken to St. Vincents Hospital for treatment, police said. There he was issued a misdemeanor summons for sixth-degree larceny and released on a promise to appear in court Feb. 28, police said. He was then turned over to Bridgeport Police to face additional charges.
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