Crime & Safety
Police Cruiser Hit As Christmas Mailbox Theft Thwarted In Greenwich
Two men were caught trying to break into a mailbox in Greenwich on Christmas night, police said.
GREENWICH, CT — Two New York City men are facing several criminal charges after being caught trying to break into a mailbox off of Greenwich Avenue on Christmas night.
According to an arrest report, at 11:52 p.m., Greenwich police intercepted a man they described as "skinny" and wearing a black hoodie and black face covering trying to break into the mailbox at the corner of Greenwich Avenue and Fawcett Place. Nearby was a dark-colored Porsche sport utility vehicle, police said.
As police drew near, two men jumped into the Porsche and tried to get away by driving on a sidewalk — and the wrong way up the Avenue — but slammed into a police car, according to an arrest report. The were chased down after after abandoning the vehicle and trying to run away, according to an arrest report.
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Police located in the vehicle tools used to steal mail, multiple pieces of mail, a handgun, and two accompanying large-capacity magazines, along with assorted 9MM ammunition, according to a police report. The Porsche was determined to have been stolen out of Suffolk County, NY.
The driver, identified as 19-year-old Jose Armando Lopez-Romero of Brooklyn, was charged with:
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- Improper use of a plate
- Evading responsibility
- A lane violation
- Driving the wring way on a one-way street (two counts)
- Driving without a license
- Illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle
- Possession of burglar tools
- Larceny of a motor vehicle
- Conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny
- Sixth-degree larceny
- Interfering with police
He failed to post a $51,000 bond and is due in Stamford Superior Court on Jan. 8, according to police records.
The passenger, identified as 20-year-old Luis Samael Martinez Escoto of The Bronx, was charged with:
- Possession of burglar tools
- Conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny
- Sixth-degree larceny
- Interfering with police
He also failed to post a $51,000 bond and is due in Stamford Superior Court on Jan. 8, according to police records.
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