Police in West Hartford nabbed two people accused of breaking into a Glastonbury home and stealing passports and jewelry, among other items.
West Hartford police said officers pulled over the suspects' car on New Britain Avenue in West Hartford around 5 p.m. Friday and noticed a bag of jewelry and drug paraphernalia inside.
They searched the car and found what appeared to be stolen passports and jewelry. Police used the information from the passports to track the case back to Glastonbury, according to police.
Glastonbury police took custody of the suspects and identified the two men as Anthony Pantano III, 24, and Gordon Clark Jr., 26, of Milford.
Glastonbury police said the men stole thousands of dollars worth of personal property, including personal electronics, credit cards and jewelry.
Both were charged with first-degree burglary, first degree conspiracy to commit burglary, second-degree larceny, second degree conspiracy to commit larceny, possession of burglary tools, third degree criminal mischief, three counts of credit card theft and three counts of conspiracy to commit credit card theft.
Bond was set at $375,000.
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Police said Pantano was also charged with four counts of parole violation and two counts of second-degree failure to appear. In addition to the burglary charges, he failed to appear in court for several motor vehicle charges, according to police.
