Police have arrested a 22-year-old man accused of stealing construction equipment and batteries from commercial vehicles from several Plainfield businesses last month and said he’s also suspected of stealing storm grates from a Plainfield neighborhood last September.
Donald Malboeuf III, of Sterling, was arrested Tuesday following an investigation by Plainfield police and authorities over the state border in Rhode Island. He’s charged with several counts of larceny and conspiracy to commit larceny.
Police said Malbouef was also identified as a suspect in the thefts of storm drain grates in the Huntington Drive area in September 2013.
He was charged with two counts of fourth-degree larceny, one count of fifth-degree larceny, one count of conspiracy to commit fourth-degree larceny and one count of conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny and appeared in court today.
The investigation is ongoing and police said they expect to make additional arrests.
