Serial Burglar Who Returned To The Scene Of The Crime Gets 14 Years

MOUNT VERNON, NY — A burglar will spend years of his life behind bars after robbing families of their valuables and their sense of security.

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah announced on Thursday that a Mount Vernon man was sentenced to a term of seven to 14 years in state prison for a pair of home burglaries in Mount Vernon.

"Home burglaries degrade our quality of life and violate our sense of security in our neighborhoods," Rocah said. "This defendant is a serial burglar who demonstrated that he would continue his crimes until he was stopped and faced consequences. My Office will continue to work on property crime prevention with our local police in order to safeguard homeowners and residents across Westchester."

Nathaniel Gordon pleaded guilty on Sept. 28 to two felony counts of burglary in the third degree. The 65-year-old was sentenced as a second felony offender to two consecutive indeterminate terms of 3½ to seven years in state prison.

Shortly before midnight, on Jan. 3, Gordon entered a multi-family residence on South 10th Avenue in Mount Vernon and stole a box of cookware. He was captured on a home security video entering and leaving the property, and then returning to the same residence on the same day to steal a bag of tools.

Around 6:45 a.m. on Jan. 20, Gordon gained access to another home on South 7th Avenue in Mount Vernon through a basement window and stole three laptops and a laptop bag. He was captured again on a home security video walking down the driveway toward the property’s basement window, and then walking out to the street a few minutes later carrying the stolen items.

The Mount Vernon Police Department investigated after receiving reports of attempted break-ins at other residences in Mount Vernon. Police arrested Gordon on Jan. 20 after he was identified in home security video footage. According to police, at the time of his arrest, he was wearing the very same jacket seen in the video recordings.