On, February 5, 2019, at approximately 1:15am, Milford Police observed the front door to Wheel’s Gas Station, 313 Naugatuck Avenue, smashed out.
Officers checking the area located a suspicious vehicle driving on Naugatuck Avenue, down side roads, and then back out onto Naugatuck Avenue. A stop was made on the vehicle on Bridgeport Avenue near Naugatuck Avenue. James Graziani (W/M, 39) 86 High Street, Middletown, and George Hutchings (W/M, 53) 2 Howard Court, Bridgeport, were detained as a trash bag filled with cigarettes was observed inside of the vehicle.
Video surveillance from the business was viewed and showed a male matching Hutchings description break the glass of the door, causing approximately $1,000 worth of damage, and enter the business. The male then takes a trash bag and fills it with approximately $1,000 worth of cigarettes. As a result, both men were taken into custody and charged below:
Hutchings is charged with: Burglary 3rd Larceny 5th Possession of Burglary tools Conspiracy to Commit Burglary 3rd Conspiracy to Commit Larceny 5th Conspiracy to Commit Possession of Burglary Tools Criminal Mischief 2nd Graziani and Hutchings were held on a $50,000 bond to appear in Milford Court on February 5, 2019.