Police ID Man Accused Of ATV Theft At Gunpoint: UPDATE

YORKTOWN, NY — Police have identified one of the people involved in the armed robbery of an ATV Tuesday. Yorktown police said Brandon R. Dean, 27, of the Bronx, was charged with first-degree robbery, a felony. The stolen ATV was recovered with the assistance of the Mount Pleasant Police Department, the Westchester County Police and the Westchester County Real Time Crime Center.

Dean was processed by the county police for the possession of stolen property and taken to Yorktown police headquarters.

He was arraigned and sent to the custody of the Westchester County Department of Corrections in lieu of $25,000 bail or $50,000 bond.

Dean is due back in Yorktown Justice Court June 27.

Original article:

YORKTOWN, NY — A possible sale of an all-terrain vehicle arranged online turned into a crime in Yorktown. The Yorktown Police Department posted on Facebook that, late Tuesday night, on or near Columbine Court, a Yorktown resident had agreed to potentially sell his ATV on a social media marketplace.

When the supposed buyers arrived, police said, they displayed what appeared to be a firearm and forcibly stole the ATV.

One of the suspects drove away in a vehicle, with the other on the ATV, police said.

The seller of the ATV was not injured and called the police within minutes of the theft.

Police said one of the people involved in the theft was apprehended by the Westchester County Police and the Mount Pleasant Police Department in the Town of Mount Pleasant.

The ATV was recovered, police said.

Yorktown police said the investigation is ongoing to identify and arrest the second person.

Neither person is believed to be from the area, police said.

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