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Home Burglaries Hit Areas Of Mount Pleasant

VALHALLA, N.Y. – Multiple home break-ins occurred over the past week in Mount Pleasant, with jewelry being the main item stolen, according to Mount Pleasant Police Chief Louis Alagno.  The string of burglaries have all occurred around or before noon over the course of the past four days, Alagno said. 

On Aug. 6, a resident on Hilltop Lane in Thornwood reported that someone entered her home and stole 12 gold bracelets from the resident’s master bedroom.  At a home on Sherman Avenue in Hawthorne, a resident reported that around $10,000 in jewelry was stolen from their home around noon on Aug. 8.  On Aug. 9, a resident on Bainbridge Avenue in Thornwood reported that four pieces of jewelry was stolen from their home. 

On Aug. 7, Alagno said that a burglary alarm was set off at a home on Greenwood Lane in Valhalla. Nothing was reported stolen and police said the burglar attempted to enter the home through a first floor window. 

The incidents are all still under investigation and it has not been determined if they are connected.

In other police news…

  • A juvenile smashed 17 windows at the Pleasantville Cottage School on Aug. 3 around noon, Mount Pleasant Police said.  The estimated damage of the windows was valued at $10,000.  The minor will be charged as a juvenile delinquent in the Mount Pleasant Family Court.  If the individual was over the age of 16, Chief Louis Alagno said the juvenile would be charged with second degree criminal mischief, a felony. 
  • A routine traffic stop on Stanley Street in Pleasantville led to the arrest of Oscar Duarte, 30, who police said switched license plates on his car with another vehicle. He was charged with misdemeanor charges of driving with a suspended registration and false personation.  

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