WINDSOR — When Windsor police thought they smelled something funny about a local construction site this past Friday, they turned out to be right.
The smell of alcohol that had been poured on the ground near the Windsor Shopping Center first caused a worker to alert police, who were then told that windows at the nearby Blooms Package Store were broken, with nearly $800 worth of liquor missing from the store.
As police combed the area, they came upon 45-year-old Raymond Brown and 26-year-old Jeffrey Johnson in an alley. As they approached, Johnson and Brown attempted to flee the scene, dropping the stolen bottles as they went, police told TV news channel WFSB.
Both were in police custody shortly thereafter and booked on charges of larceny, burglary, interfering with an officer and criminal mischief.