South Windsor police arrest man for car theft, animal shelter threats

SOUTH WINDSOR, CT (WFSB) - A man in South Windsor faces a variety of charges for an array of crimes, including a stolen vehicle and threats to an animal shelter.

Joshua Sage, 41, of Windsor, was arrested on Monday on three separate arrest warrants, according to South Windsor police.

Joshua Sage was arrested on April 22, 2024, on three separate arrest warrants held by South... — Joshua Sage was arrested on April 22, 2024, on three separate arrest warrants held by South Windsor police.(South Windsor police)

Sage’s first set of charges stemmed from an early March 2024 investigation in which he was found passed out in the driver’s seat of a stolen car. Police later determined that the car was stolen from Courtesy Auto on John Fitch Boulevard.

Police said the vehicle was severely damaged as a result of Sage’s theft.

He was also found to have a crack pipe in the vehicle. Police said he drove the vehicle with a suspended license, and that the vehicle had a license plate on it that did not belong to it.

Additionally, Sage was arrested on a warrant from a late March 2024 incident in which he threatened to blow up the Tyler Regional Animal Care Shelter. Police said he also physically threatening a town employee who works at the shelter because his dog was quarantined for biting an officer on the previous incident in earlier in the month.

He was charged with second-degree criminal trover, use of drug paraphernalia, improper use of a marker plate, and second-degree threatening.

Sage was processed and held on a total bond of $10,000. He was scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court on Tuesday.

If he bond out, police said he will appear in Norwich Superior Court on May 9 for a failure to appear arrest warrant.