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The 15-year-old was arrested following an investigation into the armed robbery of two women on Wednesday, Nov. 3, near the Southport School in the Town of Fairfield.
A subsequent investigation led to the identification of several juvenile suspects who are believed to have been responsible for an early morning crime spree throughout the state, including the robbery in Fairfield, said Lt. Edward J. Weihe, of the Fairfield Police.
These juveniles are believed to have been traveling in a stolen vehicle from New Haven when they committed an armed robbery in Clinton, in Middlesex County in the early morning hours, Weihe said.
Following the Clinton incident, juveniles in the same vehicle traveled to Branford, in New Haven County, where they committed a carjacking and another armed robbery, police said.
"At this point, it is believed that they traveled to Fairfield in the stolen vehicle where one of the males committed the Southport robbery," Weihe said.
They are then believed to have traveled to Norwalk where they attempted to commit another carjacking about 20 minutes after the Fairfield incident, he added.
The male responsible for the Fairfield robbery was identified as a 15-year-old juvenile male with a prior arrest record.
The New Haven Police Department held a “Take into Custody” order for this juvenile for an incident unrelated to the Fairfield robbery. He was taken into custody by the New Haven Police Department during the evening hours.
Charges are currently pending.
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