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New Haven Teen Found in Stolen Vehicle in Hamden: Police

Hamden Police have arrested a teenager from New Haven who was found in a stolen vehicle early Sunday morning.

An officer noticed a vehicle traveling on Beacon Street without headlights on around 4 a.m. The officer pulled the car over on Leeder Hill Road.

Police learned the vehicle was stolen from a home in North Haven earlier in the morning.

Officers arrested the 16-year-old New Haven resident, who was uncooperative. He was transported to police headquarters, police said.

The teenager was charged with larceny, interfering with a police officer, operating without a license, disobeying an officer's signal, improper turn and driving without headlights. He is scheduled to appear in Juvenile Court in New Haven on November 13.

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