Man Charged In Theft From Apple Store On Greenwich Avenue

GREENWICH, Conn. -- It was the Apple of a man's eye, but it didn't last long as a Meriden man was arrested as he tried to steal an Apple product from the company's Greenwich Avenue store Sunday morning, police said.

The suspect in a theft didn't get far from the Apple Store on Greenwich Avenue -- he was arrested shortly after leaving store with an Apple product, police said.
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Frank MacEachern

08/12/2014 5:10 a.m.

The man was arrested shortly after 11 a.m. as store staff noticed the man leaving with a product, police said. Nearby officers quickly arrested the man, police said.

Rodney Lawton Scudder, 58, of 163 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Meriden, was charged with sixth-degree larceny. Bond was set at $1,000, and he was given a first appearance in state Superior Court of Stamford on Aug. 18.

The item is suspected of taking was not in the police report.

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