Less than 3 weeks ago, a daylight smash-and-grab burglary at the downtown Lux Bond & Green jewelry store stunned Westport.
This morning, Westport police arrested 30-yearold Bridgeport resident Javon Thorbourne.
The arrest was made at Stamford Superior Court, where he was being held on charges from other jurisdictions.
Thorbourne was charged with larceny and criminal mischief, both in the first degree, as well as conspiracy to commit those crimes.
He was held on a $250,000 bond, and will be arraigned at the court.
A still shot from the Lux Bond & Green video camera shows the May 9 smash-and-grab burglary.
Westport’s Detective Bureau “worked tirelessly with area law enforcement agencies, as well as the US marshal service, to identify and build a case against Mr. Thorbourne,” the WPD says.
Police continue to investigate the case. Two men wearing masks and gloves entered the store at 3:10 p.m. on May 9, and smashed display cases with sledgehammers.
Employees retreated safely to the rear of the store.
Great job by the investigators !!!!
Thanks Westport police for making Westport safe our detective bureau and I also want thank our wonderful patrol officers women and men As someone who lives downtown I no you do a lot to keep us safe
Awesome job detectives !
I work at a Macy’s store in Concord, Ca (30 miles north of San Francisco) it is located in a shopping mall. This kind of things happened 2 or 3 times at the mall I work at. Besides that our store experience theft every day. Thieves will grab a stack of Levi’s and run out of the store, it happens very fast. We have also had incidents where the wire that secure designer handbags get cut and the thieves walk out of the store with thousands of $$ in merchandise. We do have undercover security, and since we got a new head of security, they actually catch quite a few, but they can’t be anywhere at ones. Thieves that linger in the store and go from department to department are easier to catch. Grab and run not so much, they are very fast, and usually there is a car rigth outside and they are gone in just a few minutes or less.
So happy our investigators are keeping our town safe. Burglers beware!!!
Nice job apprehending him. Now, get his accomplice and MAKE THE PRICE TOO HIGH!