5 charged in Glastonbury vehicle thefts, chase

Jun. 14—GLASTONBURY — Police today identified the three adult suspects in a series of incidents Sunday afternoon involving three crashes of two vehicles not belonging to the suspects or their two juvenile co-defendants.

Those arrested included Darrell Duncan and Brandon Duncan, both 18 of Hartford, and Christopher Collins, 18, of East Granby, police said in a statement.

Also charged were a 15-year-old Enfield boy and a 16-year-old Hartford boy, whom police didn't identify publicly because of their ages.

All the suspects were charged with second-degree larceny in the theft of a gray BMW sedan believed to have been stolen in Tolland on Saturday, in which they were riding until it became impossible to drive after being crashed into two other vehicles, police said.

The three adult suspects were also charged with six counts each of conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary in a series of attempts to get into vehicles in garages in the South Glastonbury section of town, including at homes on Great Pond Road, Bluff Point, and Main Street.

Darrell Duncan is facing a number of motor vehicle charges, including two counts each of reckless driving and evading responsibility, indicating that he is suspected of being the driver of the cars involved in the incident. He is also facing two counts each of risk of injury to a child and criminal trover.

GLASTONBURY ARRESTS

WHO: 5 suspects — 3 adults, 2 juveniles

WHEN: Arrested Sunday afternoon in Glastonbury

WHY: Taken into custody following three crashes of two vehicles not belonging to the suspects

Criminal trover is defined as using someone else's property without permission and damaging it in the process.

He and the other two adult suspects are also charged with interfering with police or resisting arrest.

Police say the reports of the garage burglaries came in between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

The gray BMW hit another vehicle at the intersection of Main Street and Hopewell Road, then left the scene with a blown tire, police said.

It continued north onto the limited access portion of Route 17, where it rear ended a vehicle that then hit a third vehicle, at which point the BMW became impossible to drive, police said.

The five suspects fled into the Hubbard Street-Buttonball Lane neighborhood.

At 4:33 p.m., an officer saw the suspects walking out of the woods at the high school and approaching a black Honda sedan, which turned out to be a Lyft car they had called for. The driver got out of the car and the suspects got in, police said, but they crashed into a fence a short distance from the high school, police said.

They fled on foot, but officers captured all of them, police said.

Personal items that had been in a vehicle stolen in Wethersfield earlier in the day were found in the stolen BMW, police said.

One driver of a vehicle that had been hit by the BMW was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, police said.

The three adult suspects were held for appearances today in Manchester Superior Court — Darrell Duncan on $130,000 bond, Branden Duncan and Collins on $125,000 each, police said.

The two juveniles were issued summonses to appear in juvenile court and were released to their guardians.

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