Thursday, February 23, 2012

Man arrested in Virginia for alleged Shelton purse snatchings

By Register Staff
SHELTON - A man will be arraigned in Superior Court in Derby today after he was arrested in Virginia stemming from a case that dates back to local purse snatchings in 2002.
Shelton police said Alan Dean, 52, of Moneya, Va., was arrested Wednesday on a felony charge of violation of probation.
Dean was held overnight in jail in lieu of $100,000 bail. He was arrested on a local warrant and waived his right to extradition.
The case goes back to July 2002 purse snatchings. According to Detective Sgt. Kevin Ahern, Dean stole purses out of vehicles parked at Riverside Cemetery on River Road.

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