West Hartford police have arrested a man who is accused of breaking into a local business with a selfie stick.
Police said a suspicious person was spotted on a bicycle on Farmington Avenue, near Westfield Road, around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. The bike has a license plate attached to it and officers determined that the bike had been stolen from West Hartford Center a couple hours earlier.
Officers then determined there were seven failure to appear warrants for the man, 19-year-old Chance Robinson, of Hartford.
Police said they found evidence that Robinson had been at Modern Tire at 7 Raymond Road, and determined he used a selfie stick to access the night key drop box, burglarized the store and intended to steal cars from the business.
Robinson was charged with second-degree burglary, first-degree criminal attempt at larceny, two counts of third-degree criminal attempt at larceny, seven counts of second-degree failure to appear and sixth-degree larceny.
Bond was set at $85,000.
Police recommend that residents make every effort to mark personal property so that it can be easily identified in the event that you lost it or it is stolen.
