Greenwich Man Arrested Four Years After Staging Burlgary: Police

After evading Greenwich police by residing in South Carolina for four years, a town man accused of stealing jewelry and staging a burglary crime scene is in custody.

James C. Martin, 48, of 192 Putnam Park, was arrested by warrant at 6 p.m. Thursday and charged with third-degree larceny, a felony, and criminal mischief.

On May 4, 2007, Martin allegedly stole jewelry from a neighbor of his mother’s in Putnam Park—a neighbor to whose home he had some access.

“It was reported to us as a burglary with a larceny,” said Lt. Kraig Gray, public information officer with the Greenwich Police Department. “Investigators at the time became suspicious that it was something different … He fled immediately once he realized police were on to him.”

Greenwich police had obtained a non-extraditable warrant, meaning they were not able to travel to South Carolina to serve it, Gray said.

Through investigative work, police found out Thursday that Martin was back in town, at 192 Putnam Park, his mother’s residence, and they arrested him on the active warrant.

Martin was released on $2,500 bond and scheduled to appear June 24 in state Superior Court in Stamford.

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Police arrested Santiago Vega Matias, 28, of 881 Main St., Monroe, at 4:42 a.m. Friday and charged him with driving under the influence.

He failed field sobriety tests after police stopped him for making a left turn from the wrong lane on Delavan Avenue in Byram.

Matias was held and is scheduled to appear July 5 in state Superior Court in Stamford.