A kitten that was discovered in a taken vehicle after a crash with cops in Meriden came from a juvenile charged in the occurrence and was gone back to the suspect’s mom, cops said.
Police in Meriden were aiming to discover the owners of the 7-week-old gray and white kitten that was discovered under the seat of the taken vehicle and launched an image of the kitten on Tuesday requesting the general public’s help. The vehicle crashed with a patrol car on South Broad Street on Aug. 10 after presumably being associated with a string of heists, according to the Meriden Police Department.
The department revealed Thursday that the kitten came from “one of the juveniles that was arrested and sent to juvenile detention,” according to a declaration on their Facebook page.
More info about the charges versus the juvenile was not available due to their age.
The department said the animal control department received several calls from individuals thinking about embracing the kitten and valued the general public’s help in searching for the kitten’s owners. A suggestion that was employed led cops back to the suspect, cops said.
Meriden cops searching for owner of kitten discovered in taken vehicle following several heists
Officers from several towns had actually watched for the vehicle the kitten was discovered in, which was thought of being associated with heists in Wallingford, Branford, Southington and Torrington simply hours prior to the crash, Meriden cops said.
Earlier that very same day, the driver of the vehicle likewise presumably drove head-on at Meriden law enforcement officer and civilians, swerving to prevent striking them at the last minute, cops said.
Officers had very first found the car and 2 other taken cars at Hubbard Park in Meriden. As officers approached the suspects, they apparently lit one car on fire and repelled in the other 2, Meriden cops said.
The department said they did not understand why the juvenile did not inform cops the kitten came from them.
“While we have no idea why the juvenile did not alert us that it was their kitten or make attempts to have someone contact us regarding the status of the kitten, it was returned to the juvenile’s mother,” cops said in their declaration.
