After Spike in Robberies, TOM Police Arrest 6

After a noticeable increase in the number of robberies in Larchmont and Mamaroneck in August alone, the Town of Mamaroneck Police Department announced today that suspects have been arrested in connection to the two robberies that took place in the town last month.

At 10:48 p.m. yesterday, police stopped a vehicle at Kenmare Road and Harmony Drive and arrested five adults and one juvenile, all from New York City, according to Lt. Robert Koziak. The vehicle matched the description developed during the investigation of the robberies that occurred on Aug. 29 and 31.

In the first incident, the 17-year-old victim told police that he was in front of a Nancy Lane home at approximately 11:50 p.m. when two males approached him from behind, held him and removed one iPod and one cell phone, each valued at $300, from his pants pockets. One perpetrator was described as being approximately 25 years old, black, 5-foot-10 in height, with facial hair, thin build, and wearing a red sweatshirt and dark shorts. The second man was described as being approximately 25 years old, black, 6 feet tall, with a shaved head, medium build, and wearing a white t-shirt and dark cargo pants.

In the Aug. 31 incident, a 25-year-old male from Larchmont told police that at approximately 2:24 a.m., he was assaulted and robbed by three males while on the 2500 block of Boston Post Road. The men struck him with their fists, causing minor injuries, and took $18 and his cell phone (valued at $200) out of his jeans pockets. The victim described the perpetrators as three black males between 5-foot-11 and 6-foot-3 in height. The victim was taken to Sound Shore Medical Center for evaluation.

The identities of the suspects, excluding the juvenile, have been released: Troy A. Francis, 18, Casey O. Johnson, 20, and Wright G. Dwayne, 19, all from the Bronx, were charged with two counts of second-degree robbery, and bail for each was set at $100,000. Garfield Pine, 17, from the Bronx, and Antonio A. Dawes, 17, from Queens, were charged with one count of second-degree robbery and bail was set at $75,000 for each.

According to Patch records, these two robberies were the first in the town since a man robbed a woman at gunpoint on West Garden Road in January. In the Village of Mamaroneck, blotters show that police investigated two robberies in August, one in July, and none for the rest of the year.

In the first of the August incidents, four men who had allegedly robbed another man at knifepoint in the area of Mamaroneck and Halstead avenues on Aug. 22 were arrested. In the other, an 18-year-old male told police he was confronted by several male parties while walking on Palmer Avenue and Fenimore Road at approximately 11:53 p.m. on Aug. 29. Personal property was taken, and the victim was transported to Sound Shore Medical Center for minor injuries, police said.

This last incident and those that took place in the town on Aug. 29 and 31 are related, according to Lt. Steven Gerardi, of the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department Investigations Division. "The Village of Mamaroneck Police will be filing charges in connection with the Town PD arrests," he wrote in an email today.

On Aug. 5,  Village of Larchmont police reported an unsuccessful armed robbery attempt which resulted in no arrests. In April, an Addison Street man was arrested after he entered a Chatsworth Avenue establishment, displayed what appeared to be a rifle and demanded money.  He was charged with second-degree Robbery and remanded to the Westchester County Jail.

On a related note, two individuals were arrested on Aug. 27 by Village of Mamaroneck police in connection to a larceny. One of them attempted to assault two police officers and fled, but was later stopped while traveling on I-95, police said. Both were charged with felonies and remanded to the Westchester County Jail.

This story will be updated as information becomes available.