Westport News: Burglary Charges
#Westport CT--On July 11, 2020, at approximately 3:25 a.m., Westport Police officers responded to the Merritt Country Store on Main Street for a burglar alarm activation. The first arriving officers found that the front door had been forced open and that the business had in fact been burglarized. The store’s owner stated that nothing appeared to be missing, but that there was $2,000.00 worth of damage from the forced entry. The officers were able to view surveillance footage which showed two men enter the store and leave about a minute later. At approximately 5:00 a.m. that same morning a police officer in a neighboring community interrupted a burglary in progress and the suspects fled in a small pick-up truck. The…