Police Arrest Suspected Cell Phone Thief

Bristol police have arrested a man accused of stealing a cell phone from a woman on Thursday night.

The victim, a 45-year-old woman, reported the robbery on West Street just after 11:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Police said a man grabbed the woman’s phone and pushed her to the ground when she tried to get it back.

The woman, who was not injured, described the robber and police found a man matching that description on North Main Street around 2 a.m. on Friday.

Sandeep Singh, 24, of Bristol, had the stolen cellphone and was arrested, police said.

He was charged with robbery in the third degree and larceny in the sixth degree and was held in lieu of a $35,000 bond.

Singh will be arraigned in Bristol Superior Court on Friday.

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