Glastonbury Schools Employee Steals iPads, Computer: Police

Police arrested a Glastonbury Public Schools employee tied to Apple iPad and laptop computer thefts.

Geoffrey A. Sypher, 32, of Essex, who was recently hired in the district, is facing a larceny charge in connection to the stolen technology.

The school district called police on Sept. 15 to report that iPad devices and a laptop were stolen from a technical department at one of the schools in Glastonbury, police said.

Police determined in an investigation that Sypher was responsible for the thefts and arrested him on Friday, Sept. 19.

It is not clear at this time what Sypher's role was in the district and which school(s) were subject to the thefts.

Sypher was charged with first-degree larceny.

More information will be provided when it becomes available.

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