Investigators hit a wall in seeking shoplifting suspect - SEE VIDEO BELOW

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding a suspect who allegedly knocked down a customer while trying to escape security guards during a shoplifting incident at Adams Supermarket, 1391 New Haven Ave.


Though the incident, which involved security guards deploying pepper spray inside the store, occurred Oct. 23, police released information about it Thursday because investigators "exhausted all resources attempting to identify the subject," police said. Police described the suspect as a white male 6 feet and 250 lbs. At the time of the incident he was wearing a knit cap, a green sweatshirt with the word "Miami" on the front, and blue jeans.
Police said food was taken in the incident and when the suspect was approached by security, he fled, running "through blocking security" by using shopping carts. After fleeing down an aisle that had no exit, the suspect ran at the security guard, who deployed pepper spray in an attempt to stop the suspect, police said.
Two people in the store required evaluation by EMS personnel as a result of the release of the pepper spray and another was evaluated after she was knocked down by the suspect, police said. One person affected by the spray asked to go an area hospital, where she was treated and released, police said.
The suspect, who fled out the front of the store, was chased to the intersection of New Haven and Merwin avenues, where he got into a tan color Toyota Camry and the vehicle headed southbound on Merwin Avenue. Officers stopped the vehicle less than a mile away from the scene and learned the suspect told the operator he was being chased and needed help, police said.
The vehicle operator drove the suspect to the area of the Beach House Restaurant at the intersection of Merwin Avenue and Abigail Street, where the suspect left Camry and fled on foot in an unknown direction, police said. Store employees recognize the subject as a customer who has been in the store several times prior to this incident, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call Milford Police at (203) 878-6551.