Crime & Safety
Woman Accused Of Stealing Prayer Rugs, Vacuum From Islamic Center
Surveillance video revealed the woman entered the community center and left with the items, police said.
YORKTOWN, NY — A Cortlandt Manor woman faces a felony charge after being accused of stealing from an Islamic community center. Yorktown Police said Christina M. Deagan, 50, of Ernest Avenue in Cortlandt Manor, was charged with third-degree burglary, a felony.
Police said they received a call about stolen property from an employee of the Hudson Valley Islamic Community Center at 3680 Lexington Ave. in Mohegan Lake around 5:52 p.m. March 14.
The responding officer’s investigation found that a vacuum cleaner and four prayer rugs had been stolen.
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Surveillance video from the scene revealed that Deagan had entered the building around 9 a.m. Feb. 28 and took the items, police said.
Deagan voluntarily appeared at police headquarters March 22 at which point she was arrested.
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She was arraigned and released on $1,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Yorktown Justice Court April 3.
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