Crime & Safety
Wheatley Heights Man Caught Driving Stolen Car Upstate: Police
The 40-year-old was sent to jail after he was arrested in the Town of Catskills on Wednesday night, police say.
CATSKILLS, NY - A Wheatley Heights man was arrested after he was caught driving a stolen car in upstate New York on Wednesday night, according to State Police.
At 8:30 p.m., a state tropper stopped a car being driven by 40-year-old Herby Legros on I-87 in the town of Catskill after receiving a BOLO be on the lookout for a reported stolen vehicle, police said.
The officer determined that the car was reported stolen to the Suffolk County Police Department.
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Legros was taken into custody, transported and processed at State Police Catskill, police said.
He was charged with fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property.
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Legros was arraigned in the Town of Catskill Court and sent to the Greene County Jail and held without bail, police said.
He is scheduled to appear in the Town of Catskill Court on Jan. 29.
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