Police have arrested the man accused of robbing two West Haven shops in June.
Wayne Bunting, 22, of Chapel Street in New Haven, is accused of robbing Sam’s Food Mart at 663 Campbell Avenue on June 15 and the Great Way Food Store at 502 Sawmill Road on June 18. Police said he may also be tied to robberies in surrounding towns.
Bunting was arrested Sept. 24 and charged with two counts each of first-degree robbery, second-degree threatening, sixth-degree larceny. He was held on $90,000 bond and appeared in court the day of his arrest.
West Haven police and members of the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force worked together to take Bunting into custody.
