Crime wave solved with several teen arrests

PUTNAM COUNTY—Eleven youths from the Brewster, Southeast, Patterson area face charges ranging from felony burglary to possession of stolen property in connection with a series of crimes perpetuated in the Carmel-Southeast area.

Sheriff Donald Smith and Putnam District Attorney Adam Levy Tuesday announced the arrests and the solving of 45 separate crimes within the past four to five months.
The sheriff said the crime wave began when callers from the Eagle’s Ridge and Reed Farm Condominium complexes, both in Southeast, reported parked cars being broken into and items stolen from them. Among the property stolen were GPS units, CD players, radar detectors, I-pods, credit cards, golf club and cell phones.

Days later, residents of Brewster Hill Road, North Brewster Road, Peaceable Hill Road and Sherwood Hill Road, all in Southeast, reported burglaries of their homes involving thefts of firearms, cash, cameras and computer equipment.

In April, the Brewster School District notified the Sheriff’s Office that during overnight hours, individuals had stolen a school car, drove it through a fence enclosing the school bus depot and drove across the school’s athletic fields causing $10,000 in damages.

Meanwhile, residents of Carmel living along Collier Drive, Glenna Drive and North Road reported to police that their parked cars had been entered and items stolen from within them.

The Sheriff’s Department also received reports from Brewster residents reporting that parked vehicles had sustained shattered windows caused by individuals discharging a pellet gun.

An investigation led to the arrests of the 11 people. Investigators shared the information with other police agencies in the Putnam-Dutchess-Westchester region that resulted in the filing of criminal charges against several of the defendants in those jurisdictions ranging from felonious assault to burglary, larceny and criminal mischief.

Police identified the suspects as Jesus Mosquera, 16, of Brewster who was charged with burglary and criminal possession of stolen property; Anthony Milazzo, 18, of Brewster arrested for criminal possession of stolen property; Jonathan Langlois, 19, of Patterson, who was charged with criminal possession of stolen property; and Dillon Purdy, 16, of Brewster, arrested for multiple counts of burglary.

The sheriff said Douglas Rollman, 18, of Brewster was charged with grand larceny, criminal mischief, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of controlled substances, menacing, conspiracy and criminal possession of stolen property—crimes that could send the young man to state prison for the next 15 years.

Steven Tomassetti, 19, of Brewster was arrested for burglary and tampering with a witness. Michael Carney, 17, of Brewster was charged with multiple counts of burglary and grand larceny while Andrew Natell, 20, of Brewster was arrested on multiple counts of criminal possession of stolen property.

Three others from Southeast—a 14-year-old and two 15-year-olds were charged as juvenile delinquents for taking part in the residential burglary ring operating in the Brewster area.