5 Charged In Glastonbury Car Theft Spree

GLASTONBURY, CT — Five people were arrested in a car theft incident that involved a suspect vehicle striking several other cars, according to police. Police received numerous reports of suspects attempting to enter vehicles at several homes in South Glastonbury between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday on streets including Great Pond Road, Bluff Point, and Main Street.

Witnesses described the suspects’ vehicle as a grey BMW sedan, which matched the description of a vehicle stolen from Tolland the day before, according to police.

Police were unable to locate the vehicle initially, then spotted it later in the afternoon. Police then learned that the stolen BMW had just struck a vehicle at the intersection of Main Street and Hopewell Road.

The driver fled the wreck and was driving erratically on Main Street with a blown tire. The BMW continued onto Route 17.

The BMW then rear ended a vehicle on Route 17 North, causing it to strike a third vehicle. The car became disabled and five suspects fled on foot into an adjacent neighborhood.

Police set up a perimeter around the area with K-9 units requested from other police departments.

An officer spotted the five suspects walking out of the woods at Glastonbury High School at 4:33 p.m. The suspects approached a black Honda sedan, which turned out to be a Lyft driver that the suspects had requested to pick them up.

The Lyft driver left the car and four of the five suspects entered it. The suspects drove off in the Lyft driver’s Honda but crashed into a fence a short distance away in the Glastonbury High School parking lot.

Officers then captured all five suspects.

Police found personal items from a vehicle stolen from Wethersfield earlier in the day located in the suspects' BMW.

Darrell Duncan, 18, of Hartford, was charged with second-degree larceny, two counts of resisting arrest, third-degree burglary, six counts of conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary, and numerous motor vehicle charges. He was held on $130,000 bail.

Branden Duncan, 18, of Hartford, was charged with second-degree larceny, sixth-degree larceny, two counts of resisting arrest, and six counts of conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary. He was held on $125,000 bail.

Christopher Collins, 18, of East Granby, was charged with second-degree larceny, two counts of resisting arrest, and six counts of conspiracy to commit third-degree burglary. He was held on $125,000 bail.

Two juveniles ages 15 and 16 from Enfield and Hartford were charged with second-degree larceny.