Westchester DA Addresses Recent Rash Of Burglaries And Robberies

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — When is comes to a recent plague of robberies, burglaries and brazen shoplifting incidents in Westchester County, District Attorney Miriam Rocah isn't playing around.

Rocah announced a crackdown on burglaries and robberies across the jurisdiction. Her office highlighted a laundry list of felony charges for defendants arrested in connection with recent break-ins and theft at homes and local businesses.

"Ensuring residents feel safe at home or when doing business in Westchester is an important priority for the DA’s Office," Rocah said. "The latest indictments and charges for recent incidents across Westchester should send a strong message that my Office and the 42 police departments we work with on a daily basis across this county remain committed to protecting Westchester residents and businesses."

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The Westchester County District Attorney's Office highlighted indictments and arraignments so far this year of defendants charged with felonies connected to home or business burglaries and robberies to drive the point home. Among those cases:

• The Yonkers Police Department arrested Damien Anthony Arias, 25, on February 12 for stealing 43 pairs of sneakers valued at more than $1,100 from the Burlington Coat Factory in Yonkers. Arias was arraigned on February 14 in Yonkers City Court, where he was charged with felony grand larceny, felony criminal possession of stolen property, and false personation. On April 12, he was arraigned on 24 felony counts (burglary and grand larceny) in connection with accusations that he stole a total of $17,480.00 in merchandise from Marshalls in Yonkers over 13 different occasions in January and February.
• The Mount Vernon Police Department arrested Nathaniel Gordon, 65, of Mount Vernon, on January 20 for allegedly breaking into two Mount Vernon homes (one home twice on the same day) and stealing three laptops, cooking pots and a tool bag. Gordon was also charged with attempting to break into a home he previously burglarized, and another residence, in the city. He was indicted by a Westchester County Grand Jury for three counts of burglary, attempted burglary, grand larceny, attempted criminal trespass and two counts of petit larceny.
• The New Rochelle Police Department arrested a Suffolk County man, Michael Bagley, 32, of Corham, on March 16 for allegedly robbing and assaulting an employee of a downtown New Rochelle business before fleeing on foot into a nearby residential neighborhood where he robbed a second victim on the street, and then breaking into a home occupied by a homeowner and a minor child. Bagley was arraigned in New Rochelle City Court on March 17, for felony robbery, felony assault, felony burglary as well as unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child.
• Sleepy Hollow Police Department arrested two Queens men, William Sierra-Galeano, 57, and Cristian Eduardo Espinosa-Silva, 26, on March 16, for a residential burglary in Sleepy Hollow on March 4 where they are accused of stealing approximately $40,000 cash and $20,000 worth in jewelry. Both were arraigned March 16, on felony charges of burglary . This followed their arrest by Dobbs Ferry Police Department on March 15, along with a third Queens man, Manuel Marin-Jimenez, 42, for a residential burglary in Dobbs Ferry where they are accused of stealing cash, jewelry and handbags valued at approximately $25,000. All three were arraigned for the Dobbs Ferry incident on March 16 in the Village of Dobbs Ferry Court on felony burglary charges.
• Harrison and North Castle police arrested four men, Oscar Dario Nino Franco, 42, Andres Felipe Albarracin Rodriguez, 34, and Jonathan Alejandro Cogua Osuna, 40, on March 10 and Javier Nino-Franco, 44, on March 28, after police said they used force to enter a North Castle home and steal approximately $4,000 in coins. Franco, Rodriguez and Osuna were arraigned in North Castle Justice Court on the felony charge of burglary.
• Yorktown Police Department arrested two New York City residents, Shayolanda Lewis-Major, 24, and Dasani Mack, 21, on March 7, accused of stealing merchandise valued at more than $5,000 from Ulta Beauty in the Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown Heights. They were arraigned on March 7. Lewis-Major was charged with felony grand larceny and both were charged with criminal possession of stolen property and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
• The New Rochelle Police Department arrested two New Rochelle men, Brandon Scott, 18, and one juvenile defendant, on March 7 in connection to a string of robberies that occurred in the West End area of New Rochelle. Scott was arraigned on March 8, in New Rochelle City Court on two felony counts of robbery and the juvenile defendant was arraigned in Youth Court.