Cops: Serial Burglar Did Jobs in Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester

Putnam County Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports that David A. Gipson, 42, is facing charges in a string of burglaries in the Village of Cold Spring over the last two months. Gipson is also implicated in a recent series of burglaries committed in Dutchess and Westchester counties.

He is being held in the Dutchess County jail on a burglary charge in that county, following his arrest in Poughkeepsie on Wednsday.

In Putnam County, Gipson has been tied to six burglaries and two attempted burglaries in Cold Spring, Smith said in his announcement.

On June 7, he is alleged to have burglarized Go Go Pops (a frozen confections store) and attempted to break into Kismet at Caryn’s (a gift shop) and Brasserie Le Bouchon (a restaurant); all three of those businesses are located on Main Street. On the same date, he allegedly burglarized Moo Moo’s Creamery, an ice cream store on West Street.

Gipson reportedly struck Cold Spring again about a month later. Between July 18 and 19, he allegedly burglarized Our Lady of Loretto Roman Catholic Church on Fair Street and three more Main Street businesses: Bijou Galleries (an antique store), The Country Touch (a home décor shop) and Hudson Hil’s Café and Market.

All the crimes alleged to have been done by Gipson occurred during the overnight hours and all the premises were unoccupied at the time of the occurrences. Cash was stolen in each case, with monies taken from the cash registers or counters of the businesses and from a donation box in the church. The method of entry varied in the burglaries, with forced entry made through locked windows in some cases and through unlocked windows in others.

The Sheriff’s Office investigated the Cold Spring crimes with assistance from the Village of Cold Spring Police Department. Investigators also collaborated in the investigation with detectives from the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, Village of Ossining Police, City of Beacon Police, Town of Poughkeepsie Police and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department, as Gipson is allegedly connected to cases in those jurisdictions, Smith said.