STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police on Staten Island arrested four men who allegedly broke into a truck with furniture from a store on Hylan Boulevard in Dongan Hills, NYPD Chief of Patrol Fausto Pichardo announced via social media.
Pichardo praised the “phenomenal work” by Anti-Crime Unit officers from the 122nd Precinct for nabbing the suspects, according to the post.
The suspects allegedly entered a 2007 white truck to remove a sectional sofa on Thursday at about 2 a.m. behind Murano’s Furniture at 1510 Hylan Blvd., according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
The four suspects all were apprehended and arrested moments later at the corner of Evergreen Avenue and Hylan Boulevard, according to the police spokeswoman.
The suspects allegedly used a stolen, 2008 Subaru Outback belonging to a 57-year-old man during the incident, according to the police spokeswoman.
Police identified the four suspects as:
- Daniel Scavone, 51, of Lamport Boulevard in the South Beach Houses, who was charged with burglary, criminal trespass and criminal possession of stolen property.
- Charles Abbriano, 53, of Carlyle Green in Arden Heights, who faces charges of burglary and criminal possession of stolen property;
- John Martin, 51, who police said is homeless, was charged with burglary, criminal use of drug paraphernalia, criminal possession of a controlled substance for allegedly being caught with a crack pipe with crack residue, and criminal possession of stolen property;
- Thomas Robbins, 52, of Regal Walk in Graniteville, who faces charges of burglary and criminal possession of stolen property.
Information about the suspects’ attorneys is not yet available in court records.