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Co-op City resident arrested for stealing from lobby mailboxes

Here we go again; another Coop City resident has been arrested on Tuesday, 10/4/16, for stealing from lobby mailboxes.

See previous story - Co-op City resident arrested after breaking into mailboxes in Building 17

A Co-op City man believed to be responsible for at least 14 cases of breaking into and stealing other Coop City shareholders' personal mail from lobby mailboxes was arrested by Co-op City Public Safety officers after an investigation jointly conducted by Coop City Public Safety, NYPD, U.S. Postal Inspectors and the Bronx District Attorney's Office.

The arrest and its details were reported to the Co-op City Times by the Coop City Public Safety Detective Unit.

A spokesman for the Co-op City Public Safety Detectives Unit said that the crimes, most of which involved breaking into lobby mailboxes, occurred after midnight in various Coop City area buildings throughout Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 over the past few weeks.

The spokesperson said lobby surveillance cameras and their re-viewable stored images were essential to the investigation positively identifying the male resident responsible for the thefts.

He was arrested at his home in Building 3B at 6 a.m. Tuesday morning and charged with numerous counts of mail theft, a federal crime, punishable by up to five years in prison.

According to the Detectives Unit, eviction proceedings against the suspect were also initiated following his arrest.

Co-op City Public Safety Chief Frank Apollo indicated the suspect was known to the departments prior to his latest rash of mailbox break-ins.

Bill Stuttig
Coop City Times is now online

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