April 7, 2017 Staff Report
A Brooklyn man has been charged with breaking in to six homes in Queens over the past six months and stealing more than $20,000 in cash, electronics and jewelry.
According to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, 38-year-old Paul Rodriguez broke in to six homes and attempted to break in to six more throughout Sunnyside and Ridgewood between November 2016 and this month, stealing cash and valuables from each location. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
“Over the span of six months, the defendant is alleged to have brazenly busted through locked doors and windows to steal the property of others. Good police work caught the alleged serial burglar in the act of trying to swap the jewelry he’d just stolen for cash at a Brooklyn pawn shop,” Brown said.
Rodriguez allegedly left behind a screwdriver at a home he burglarized on November 4, according to the charges, and the DNA found on the tool matches his.
According to the complaint, Rodriguez broke in to a series of houses in Ridgewood, including one on March 23 when he climbed up a fire escape and stole $15,000 worth of jewelry and $2,800 in cash.
On April 5 an NYPD detective observed Rodriguez breaking in to an apartment on 48th Street in Sunnyside and leave 25 minutes later wearing gloves. He stole earrings, a nameplate, a necklace and $500 cash after prying off the deadbolt and forcing open the door. He was also observed trying to break in to four other units on 48th Street.
The police followed Rodriguez to a pawnshop on Knickerbocker Avenue in Brooklyn where he was arrested. Police recovered everything he had stolen from the 48th Street home and also found an envelope with heroin with Rodriguez.
Rodriguez has been charged with second-degree burglary, second-degree attempted burglary, third- and fourth-degree grand larceny, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, possession of burglar’s tools, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, fourth-degree criminal mischief and petit larceny. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
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Good job 108. Thank you!!
Thank you to the 108 House..Good job getting this Skell..THANK YOU ALL..GEORGE KELLY
Another reason to own a dog, preferably a large one. I love dogs!
Good job NYPD! Keep watching.
No one could ever rob me … because I haven’t left my house in years. I’m scared!
Print and post this all around town, maybe this will repel the burglars and thieves because cops sure don’t seem to. They are jumping windows or sneaking into buildings every other day. Maybe one day they enter the wrong house and get their heads blown by an off duty cop or someone with a shotgun, then we can post those news, that will be deter part 2.
Although, we know he probably won’t get anywhere near 15 years, they have to look into his connections, especially with heroin found on him. I wonder if his supplier is also a local. Kudos to NYPD for catching him. Good police work folks.
Do you think burglars are walking around reading printouts from a local neighborhood website? By the way, if it were up to me, I’d blow the head off any one walking down the sidewalk because I am an awful person. NOBODY likes me. I eat canned meats.
15 years sounds probably right, his rap sheet assures that. Glad noone got hurt.