Sudbury Couple Burglarized Burn Victim's Home: Police

MARLBOROUGH, MA — Marlborough police have two Sudbury residents in custody who police say broke into a Marlborough man's home while he was recovering from severe burns in the hospital. Police said several items were stolen from the man's home and later found at a pawn shop in Framingham.

Sarah Anne Hampton, 31, and Joseph Migliaccio, 35, both of Sudbury, were charged with breaking and entering into Gene Rano's home, police said in a statement. Rano has been in the hospital for a week after suffering severe burns to 40 percent of his body in a brush fire. He had to have his legs amputated and was placed in a medically induced coma.

Police said the pair knew that Rano had been injured in a fire and would not be home. They broke in at least twice on April 5 and 7, police said. Rano had surveillance cameras set up around his home that helped police catch Hampton and Migliaccio.

The footage was released by WCVB Boston. The station spoke with Rano's son, Nicholas, who said his father's home was robbed three times. Nicholas told WCVB that his father's legs had to be amputated because of the burns.

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