MIDDLETOWN -
When Officer Jorge Yepes saw Daniel Damotta leaving an apartment through a cut window screen in February, Damotta might as well have been carrying Pandora's box.
Since that arrest, police have been able to tie him to 27 burglaries — during which more than $86,000 worth of stuff was stolen, they said.
Damotta, 20, of Middletown now faces an additional 23 counts of third-degree burglary and other charges, police stated in a press release Friday. He was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of first-degree larceny, three counts of second-degree larceny and 13 counts of third-degree larceny, police said.
He also was charged with two counts of fourth-degree larceny, two counts of sixth-degree larceny and 16 counts of third-degree criminal mischief, they said.
The burglaries started more than a year ago and continued until February of this year, according to judicial branch documents. Damotta is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Middletown Dec. 3.
The break-ins stopped after Yepes saw Damotta walking through the Chestnut Hill apartment complex in the city's Westlake section Feb. 26, police said. He saw Damotta leave a first-floor apartment through a window and arrested him.
Investigators then connected Damotta to other, similar break-ins. The burglaries usually happened during the day when no one was home, police said. He usually got in through a first-floor door or window, they said, and took items including laptop computers, jewelry, electronics, game systems and cash.
Since that arrest, police have been able to tie him to 27 burglaries — during which more than $86,000 worth of stuff was stolen, they said.
Damotta, 20, of Middletown now faces an additional 23 counts of third-degree burglary and other charges, police stated in a press release Friday. He was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of first-degree larceny, three counts of second-degree larceny and 13 counts of third-degree larceny, police said.
He also was charged with two counts of fourth-degree larceny, two counts of sixth-degree larceny and 16 counts of third-degree criminal mischief, they said.
The burglaries started more than a year ago and continued until February of this year, according to judicial branch documents. Damotta is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Middletown Dec. 3.
The break-ins stopped after Yepes saw Damotta walking through the Chestnut Hill apartment complex in the city's Westlake section Feb. 26, police said. He saw Damotta leave a first-floor apartment through a window and arrested him.
Investigators then connected Damotta to other, similar break-ins. The burglaries usually happened during the day when no one was home, police said. He usually got in through a first-floor door or window, they said, and took items including laptop computers, jewelry, electronics, game systems and cash.
They stopped Damotta just in time for the holiday season.
Thank God!
david.osedach (11/14/2009, 10:45 AM )