NYSP Arrest Man Wanted for Grand Larceny in Mount Pleasant

A Middletown, NY, man was scheduled to appear in Town of Mount Pleasant Court today after police issued a warrant for his alleged felony crime, New York State Police reported.

State Troopers reported yesterday performing a traffic stop on Route 9D in Fishkill after Officer Michael Ramirez reportedly noticed a driver not wearing a seatbelt.

"He then initiated a vehicle and traffic stop and upon stopping the vehicle, a check of the registration revealed that the plates were registered to a different vehicle," according to a NYSP statement.

Ramirez performed file checks for both the driver and passenger, both of Middletown.

Shaun C. James, the passenger, had an active warrant out of Mount Pleasant for grand larceny, police reported.

The officer also checked the vehicle and reported finding "a hypodermic needle in the passenger side door pocket and discovered an Apple iPad covered with a jacket. The iPad contained an inscription with a name and phone number."

The trooper called the phone number on the iPad jacket and spoke with a Fishkill woman who said her home was burglarized in December and her iPad and other items had been stolen.

Both James and the driver, 32-year-old Alfred Consiglio, were arrested. Consiglio is charged with Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fifth Degree and Possession of a Hypodermic Incident. He was arraigned in the Town of Fishkill Court and remanded to Dutchess County Jail on $1,000 cash bail. He was also due in court there today.

Shaun C. James, 28, has been charged with Attempted Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a felony, by Town of Mount Pleasant Police.

According to Westchester County Jail records, James remains incarcerated in Valhalla without bail.