Putnam County Man Arrested for Attempted Burglaries, Grand Larceny: Yorktown Police

YORKTOWN, NY — A Putnam County man has been arrested for attempted burglaries that cause three area schools to go into lockout.

Yorktown Police said Paul H. Rivera, 28, of Schuyler Lane in Garrison, was charged with two counts of second-degree attempted burglary and fourth-degree grand larceny, all felonies.

Police said a call was received around 8:45 a.m. Feb. 2 from a Shrub Oak resident saying that a man had just tried to get into the resident’s home through a sliding glass window.

Once he was discovered by the homeowner, the man fled on foot.

An extensive search of the area by police did not lead to the suspect’s location, though police advised the Lakeland school district of the search.

That led to lockouts at Lakeland High School, Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School and Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.

Two other complaints were received from Shrub Oak resident, one of which was an attempted burglary and the other, the theft of property from a motor vehicle.

An investigation led to Rivera, who was temporarily living on Spillway Road.

He was arrested and held for arraignment Feb. 3.

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