Crime & Safety
PD: Felon Steals $330 in Goods From Marshalls, Stop & Shop
Middletown Police say a 57-year-old Cromwell woman helped herself to items from the city's department and grocery stores in reusable shopping bags.
A 57-year-old convicted felon was caught shoplifting more than $330 worth of goods from two stores in an East Main Street shopping plaza, according to Middletown Police.
On Oct. 1 at 4:11 p.m., police were called to Stop & Shop on East Main Street on a larceny. Rhona Resigna, 57, of Mountain Laurel Court, Cromwell, entered the store at 3:30 p.m., the report says, walk around the store for 30 minutes and place items in her reusable shopping bags then leave without paying.
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The value, the report says, of the stolen items, caught on videotape, was $128.73. The report says a Marshalls bag was found with $204.14 worth of merchandise and Resigna told the loss prevention officer she had not paid for them either.
According to the Connecticut Judicial website, she is a convicted felon with multiple arrests for larceny and on probation.
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Resigna was charged with sixth-degree larceny.
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