Over two consecutive nights of August 10th and 11th, New Rochelle Police investigated reports of four commercial burglaries reported in the same general vicinity in the South West area of New Rochelle. New Rochelle Police Detectives conducted a follow-up investigation whereby information was developed on a suspect.
On August 13th, at about 8:20 am, New Rochelle Police Officers located Lidio Garcia, 23 years of age, of New Rochelle, who fit the description of the suspect from the burglaries. During an interview with New Rochelle Police Detectives, Mr. Garcia confessed to all four burglaries as well as two burglaries in another jurisdiction. Mr. Garcia was subsequently charged with four counts with Burglary 3rd degree for his crimes in New Rochelle.