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On Friday, Oct. 28 around 7:40 p.m., police responded to a home in New Rochelle on Storer Avenue after a man who was not home received a notification from his security system that someone had broken into his residence, authorities said.
When they arrived at the home, police found the suspect in the backyard with a full backpack, who dropped the bag and started running, according to New Rochelle Police.
Police were able to apprehend the man after a short chase, and found that his backpack was full of items stolen from the home and that he had pried open a back window to enter the house, police said.
Police identified the suspect as 29-year-old Louis Garcia-Comas of Queens and charged him with the following:
- Second-degree burglary;
- Third-degree criminal possession of stolen property;
- Possession of burglar's tools.
Garcia-Comas was transported to New Rochelle Police Headquarters, according to authorities.
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