Crime & Safety
Mount Kisco Man Arrested For Breaking Into Home, Hiding Cameras: Cops
The Bedford Hills homeowners reported finding the devices hidden in their bedroom while they were away in April of this year.
BEDFORD HILLS, NY — What a Mount Kisco man left behind was far worse than taking anything during a home invasion in Bedford Hills, police said today.
On April 19, Town of Bedford police were contacted by homeowners who said they found two cameras hidden in their bedroom when they returned home.
Investigators took the cameras, and working with the Westchester County District Attorney's High Tech Crime Unit, examined the devices and the content stored on them. After conducting interviews, poring through license plate reader data and viewing footage from the cameras, Bedford Police Department detectives identified a suspect.
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On Tuesday, Mount Kisco resident Melvin Perez-Lopez was arrested. The 26-year-old was arraigned in Town of Bedford Court and transferred to the custody of the Westchester County Department of Corrections, where he was held on $5,000 cash bail.
Officials said Perez-Lopez is charged with felony burglary, felony unlawful surveillance and felony eavesdropping.
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