By Bronxville Police Department

May 18, 2016:  On Wednesday, March 30 at 2:36 pm, a 16-year-old Bronxville resident returning from school observed a male fleeing from the front door of a home on Park Avenue carrying a black bag overflowing with items. It was later determined that the items stolen were two MacBook Pros, an IPad, a Louis Vuitton bag and numerous items of jewelry.

The suspect proceeded to jump into what the victim described as a tan four-door sedan with a yellow New York license plate and a red brake light that extended over the top of the plate operated by a white female with a large build.

Video surveillance discovered a few blocks away depicted a vehicle matching the description running a red light and fleeing southbound on White Plains Road.  Although a license plate could not be read from the video it was evident that the vehicle was a four-door Buick and was missing both front hubcaps.

After weeks of extensive searching, and numerous man hours it was Chief Christopher Satriale on May 6 who observed the vehicle being operated in Thornwood, New York and was able to record a license plate number.

That license plate led to a surveillance which resulted in the arrest of a 42-year-old Raymond Velez.  He was charged with Burglary in the 2nd Degree (a class C felony) and remanded to the Westchester County Department of Corrections. The man had a previous record of 18 arrests (17 felonies and one misdemeanor) and 13 convictions (10 felonies and 3 misdemeanors).  Two of the felonies were classified as violent felonies.

A search warrant executed at Velez’s Bronx residence after he was taken into custody resulted in the recovery of one of the MacBook Pros stolen from the Bronxville residence.

Pictured here:  Chief of Police Christopher Satriale

Photo courtesy Bronxville Police Department