A man accused of robbing the Buck Top Gas Station in Shelton was arrested Wednesday evening by Shelton police.
On Wednesday, police received a call from the Buck Top Gas Station to report that they had been robbed at gunpoint approximately eight hours earlier.
An employee of the gas station wrote down the license plate number which the police used to track down the vehicle at the Quality Suites hotel in Stratford. Officers on the scene confirmed that the vehicle had been stolen from a rental car agency over the weekend.
Police located the suspect vehicle and the suspect at a hotel in Stratford.
The suspect was identified as Ross Kane, 34, of Shelton. He has been charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree larceny, sixth-degree larceny, breach of peace, possession of narcotics, and possession of a fascimile firearm.
