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The unidentified teen was arrested, Sunday, Jan. 26, after being identified as one the suspects wanted in two separate incidents where cellphones were snatched from mall shoppers, said Trumbull Police Lt. Brian Weir.
The thefts took place around 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 25, when the teen, along with his 17-year-old brother and other unidentified teens, grabbed a cellphone from the hands of a teenaged girl at the Westfield Trumbull Mall, before they fled the area, Weir said.
The two brothers were later apprehended by police, but the other teens escaped and were not identified.
The brothers were charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit robbery and released to their mother with a promise to appear in court next month.
The next day, Sunday, Jan. 26, the same 14-year-old teen allegedly entered the Target store with another unidentified male and grabbed an iPhone from the hands of a female patron before running out of the store, Weir said.
Security camera footage of the incident captured the teen's image and aided in the identification of the same juvenile involved in the earlier theft, Weir said.
He was charged with robbery, larceny, and criminal trespass and again released to the custody of his mother on a promise to appear in Bridgeport Juvenile Court on Feb. 3.
No one was injured in either incident.
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