Dyker Heights resident indicted in connection to six Borough Park burglaries
A Dyker Heights man has been arraigned for allegedly committing a string of six burglaries in Borough Park in September and October, including breaking into two synagogues and a religious school.
Fifty-year-old Charles Cajigas was arraigned on Mon., Nov. 19 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice William Miller on two indictments in which he is charged with third-degree burglary, fourth-degree grand larceny, petit larceny and criminal trespass, among other things. He was ordered held on $75,000 bail and to return to court on Jan. 11, 2019.
“This defendant is allegedly a professional burglar whose crime spree violated the sanctity of religious institutions, among other places, from which he stole cash and religious items,” said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez in a statement. “We will now seek to hold him accountable.”