WESTPORT, CT (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – An Aston Martin stolen during a carjacking on Sunday was found on Tuesday, and two suspects have been arrested, Westport Police said.
The suspects, a 16-year-old man and a 39-year-old man, Derek McGill, entered the Westport garage in masks around 3:50 p.m., according to videos released by police. They pulled the driver from the luxury car and stole it from Bayberry Lane in Westport, Connecticut.
Police later received a search warrant to a Berlin home, where they found four stolen vehicles: the Aston Martin, a BMW 530i, a BMW, and a Porsche.
The Bridgeport Auto Theft Task Force arrested McGill who lives in the Berlin home where the stolen cars were found.
McGill is currently being held on a $250,000 bond and is facing charges including four counts of first-degree motor vehicle larceny, conspiracy to commit larceny, payment card theft, and charges related to operating and conspiring to operate a chop shop.
Westport Chief of Police Foti Koskinas said in a statement.“By utilizing technology, inter-departmental cooperation, and good old fashioned police work, the Detective Bureau in concert with Bridgeport Auto-theft Task Force was able to make rapid progress in this investigation which resulted in the arrest of one of the suspects less than 36 hours after the incident occurred,”
The investigation continued as police obtained a search warrant for a Waterbury house on Sept. 19. and found a handgun with an extended magazine.
Police arrested a 16-year-old resident who lives at the house after linking him to the Aston Martin carjacking. He was charged with first-degree strangulation, carjacking robbery, home invasion, first-degree burglary, attempted first-degree motor vehicle larceny, and third-degree assault.
Detectives have issued an order to detain the 16-year-old and if approved, he will be transported to Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center.