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Three people accused of stealing nearly $4,000 worth of meat, seafood and laundry detergent from a Stop & Shop in East Lyme in November have been arrested.
East Lyme police said they responded to Stop & Shop on Flanders Road just after 7 a.m. on Nov. 4 to investigate a theft.
They learned that three people had loaded four shopping carts with meat, seafood and detergent valued at around $3,800, left the store and loaded the items into two vehicles that were parked in the store’s fire lane, police said. The drivers left quickly and hit several shopping carts while fleeing.
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East Lyme police said they worked with multiple law enforcement agencies and identified the individuals as being involved in other similar organized retail thefts around Connecticut.
James H. Hill, 44, Nasif A Muhammad, 51, and Brandy Quadrato, 36 are in custody of the state Department of Corrections They were arrested at court in New London on Wednesday and Thursday.
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