Yorktown Police Arrest Man for Stealing Packages on Porch
Yorktown Police charged a Mohegan Lake man with stealing packages from the front steps of a home on Christine Road.
On Tuesday, police arrested Leisvel Gonzalez-Lopez, 24, with stealing several Amazon packages, valued at $155, in the early evening hours of December 15.
Detective Scott Sage was credited with tracking down the so-called “porch pirate” by developing leads, identifying Gonzalez-Lopez from surveillance video provided by the homeowner and apprehending him
Gonzalez-Lopez was charged with petit larceny, a Class A misdemeanor, and was remanded to the Westchester County Department of Corrections on $5,000 bond or $2,500 cash bail. He is due back in court on January 4.
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