Congers Man Accused of Repeat Orangeburg Break-in

PEARL RIVER, NY — Darren Dominici, 33, faces charges connected to a repeat break-in at a home in Orangeburg.

Orangetown police said they were called April 25 to a house on Route 303. The homeowner said his house had been entered twice in the past 24 hours. He explained that he had been away overnight and came home at 8:15 a.m. to find damage to a kitchen window, the slider door unlocked, the bedroom rummaged and a safe moved. He then went to work. When he got home at 12:30 p.m., the slider was open and the safe was gone. Cash and jewelry were taken.

The home had a video security system, police said. From it, they identified both a man and a vehicle they suspected were involved.

At 10 a.m. April 26, police said they found both in a Nyack parking lot. Dominici, a Congers resident, had narcotics on him when he was arrested, they allege.

He faces charges of second-degree burglary, third-degree grand larceny, fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

He was sent to the Rockland County Jail on $25,000 bail for the burglaries in Orangetown and $10,000 for drug charges in Nyack.

PHOTO/ Orangetown Police Department