Crime & Safety
He Took Hot Car On PA To Westchester 'Test Drive,' Cops Say
New Rochelle police say they found other people's credit cards and phones in the stolen vehicle, along with a loaded magazine for a 9mm gun.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A Bronx man arrested in New Rochelle took a car on a test drive in Pennsylvania and never went back, police said.
New Rochelle police say that on Monday, around 11 p.m., officers located a stolen vehicle near the intersection of Huguenot and Division Streets.
The vehicle, which had been stolen from Hanover Township, Pennsylvania earlier that day, was stolen by 22-year-old Christopher Tejeda-Santiago, when he took it for a "test drive," police said.
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Police found several credit cards and cellphones not belonging to Tejeda-Santiago in the car, in addition to a loaded ammunition magazine for a 9mm gun.
Tejada-Santiago was charged with felony third degree criminal possession of stolen property, and felony third degree criminal possession of a weapon.
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