PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — A traffic stop on Interstate 95 South on Wednesday led police to bring charges against three people suspected of stealing merchandise from the outlet stores in Kittery.
On Wednesday, police in Kittery broadcast a description of a vehicle carrying suspects thought to be involved in thefts from the outlet stores, according to a Portsmouth police announcement.
Portsmouth officers pulled over a car matching the description near the Portsmouth Traffic Circle at about 2:30 p.m. They arrested the occupants, 22-year-old Sawliki Perez, 23-year-old Astrun Pujols, and 22-year-old Elvis Pujols.
Each was charged with a felony count of receiving stolen property in excess of $1,500, according to Portsmouth police.
Perez and Astrun Pujols were ordered held on $11,000 cash bail. Elvis Pujols is being held on a detainer by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. He has also been ordered held on $20,000 cash bail by a local court.
The three men were scheduled to be arraigned by video Thursday in Seabrook Circuit Court on charges brought by Portsmouth police.
Kittery police did not return a call seeking comment on the incident.
Distributed by MCT Information Services
Theft , interstate transportation of stolen goods , conspiracy , immigration
policy violation……false documentation/ ID theft ??
—–Busy bunch from south of the border.
Im sure the vehicle used by this criminal enterprise will be seized by
the law.
—–And any cash the criminals were in possession of at the time.
Oh yeah ….. what about their EBT cards ??
**** seems like lots of out of staters coming to Maine for business.
But not always the type of business that benefits any of us.
They are just stealing the products that Americans won’t steal. Open all borders right now!