Police make arrest in CT car theft plot involving intentional crash to lure victim out of vehicle

A Massachusetts man faces a larceny charge after police say he was involved in a plot in which he and an accomplice purposely struck a car in South Windsor last spring so he could steal the vehicle when the driver got out to inspect the damage.

Adrian Perez, 20, of Agawam, Massachusetts was arrested Friday and charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, according to the South Windsor Police Department.

Police said the charge stems from an incident in April 2023 when Perez and a female...