On Friday, August 25, 2023, Trumbull Police charged a Trumbull man with Larceny following a lengthy police investigation into the theft of several thousand dollars in Town tax receipt funds. Detectives identified the man as Robert Withington, age 56, of Placid Street, Trumbull, who turned himself in at Trumbull Police Headquarters to be charged criminally for his actions regarding this theft.
Trumbull Police detectives initiated the investigation when they were notified that an employee of the Town’s Tax Collector Office was unable to locate the bank deposit bag while making the delivery to the bank during the normal course of business on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The employee reported that they had discovered the bag was missing when they arrived at the bank branch on Quality Street that day. The deposit bag was clearly marked with the bank’s insignia and contained numerous documents that identified the owner of the contents as the Town of Trumbull.
Trumbull Police detectives conducted numerous interviews, obtained search warrants, and reviewed multiple surveillance videos from local businesses over the course of several months and learned that the bank deposit bag had been inadvertently dropped on the ground outside of the bank, which was then picked up by Withington.
Detectives eventually interviewed Withington who made admissions indicating that he was at the bank on May 30th and had taken the bag that contained almost $5,000 in cash. He kept the bag, believing that he had no obligation to return the bag to its rightful owner.
Withington was charged with Larceny in the Third Degree and was released on a Promise to Appear in Bridgeport Superior Court on September 5, 2023.