By Chris Dehnel
A Suffield man was formally charged by Vernon police for a 2009 case in which a car was broken into at a busy Route 30 shopping plaza, an arrest report indicates.
Thomas Donfrancesco, 40, who lives at 1153 East St., Suffield, was charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree larceny for the incident in which a car was broken into at the Vernon Commons shopping plaza on Route 30, known locally as 520 Hartford Turnpike, according to an arrest report.
Items worth $1,500 were taken, police said.
Police said evidence was compiled at three scene and run through crime labs and that resulted in a warrant.
On Wednesday, Donfrancesco was at Rockville Superior Court for an unrelated matter and the warrant was served, police said.
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