"Officers did a double take when the baby she was pushing resembled a power saw and a compressor," said police Sgt. John Delaney,
Lynn Rivera
SPRINGFIELD - A 26-year-old White Street resident was arrested Wednesday morning when police spotted her on Allen Street pushing a baby carriage loaded with what turned out to be stolen tools, police said.
"Officers did a double take when the baby she was pushing resembled a power saw and a compressor," said police Sgt. John Delaney, spokesman for police commissioner William J. Fitchet.
The tools, including two power saws and an air compressor, had apparently been stolen from a garage that had been broken into on Allen Street, Delaney said.
Lynn Rivera, 26, of 46 White St. was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property, he said.
When officers Troy Hufnagle and James Kelly asked Rivera where she got the tools, she told them she found them sitting in the stroller and decided to bring them home.
She denied the charges at her arraignment Wednesday in Springfield District Court. She was ordered held in lieu of $2,500 bail and is due back in court for a pre-trial conference on April 7.