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SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. (WFSB) – A man receives fees after South Windsor police said he was found asleep in a stolen pickup truck at the University of Connecticut.
Josue Pinto, 39, of New Britain, arrested Monday after a structure manager discovered the van at a site on Hemlock Avenue in South Windsor.
The Guyager reported that a guy was sleeping in a blue Dodge caravan with the “UConn” logo.
Officers arrived at the site and met the suspect as Pinto.
Pinto admitted to police that he entered a Storrs campus in UConn, took the keys and fled in the van.
Police showed that the van had been reported stolen and that UConn police were actively investigating the incident.
Pinto charged with second-degree robbery and arrested on $5,000 bail.
He made an appointment in court Tuesday in Rockville.
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