by Kevin Rennie

Maybe this time the Board of Regents will make him president of Central Connecticut University. Poetry professor Ravi Shankar, who was promoted to a full professorship while in prison last year, is in trouble again. Shankar, 40, was arrested at a Home Depot in Middletown for larceny. Shankar is accused of taking merchandise from store and then heading to the store’s return counter for a credit of $1339.75 on July 29th.

Shankar was arrested twice in December for driving while his license was suspended and also for leaving the scene of an accident. Those cases are pending in New Britain and Middletown. Shankar returns to court in New Britain tomorrow on the driving while his license was under suspension charge, the sixth time the case has been on the docket.

The 40 year old Shankar, who now gives his address as Providence, Rhode Island, has long enjoyed the support of an aggressive group of boosters.

Scroll down to the second arraignment at this Middletown Police Department link to read of the latest arrest.