FARMINGTON CT. Nov. 28, 2007 - A robbery suspect who set off a multi-agency search this morning has turned himself in to Farmington police.Michel Rodrigue is in custody after a search involving police departments from surrounding towns and state police. Irving Robbins Middle School and East Farms School were in the middle of the area being searched. School officials locked down the campuses and parents were asked to pick up their children.Police say Rodrigue and a female accomplice, Sarah Smith, tried shoplifting from a Kohl's department store in Plainville. When security guards confronted the pair outside the store, Rodrigue punched one of the guards in the face, police said. Rodrigue and Smith ran away.
Police captured Smith, 29, and charged her with fifth-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny, interfering with an officer and second-degree reckless endangerment.Rodrigue got away and, police say, may have stolen a vehicle in Plainville. He went to West Hartford where he stole another car, police said.Farmington officers spotted Rodrigue in a stolen car Monday night on Route 4 across the street from the University of Connecticut Health Center. Rodrigue abandoned the car and escaped on foot, police said.The pursuit continued at 9:30 a.m. today when police spotted Rodrigue on South Road near Middle Road, police said. He ran into a wooded area and police have been searching for him since.
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